On 10/03/2017 11:40 AM, Phil Blundell via cctalk wrote: > On Tue, 2017-10-03 at 18:56 +0100, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: >> So there's clear proof that at least three companies in the UK were >> using the term IDE before (or at least by) 1990. I never heard it >> called anything else in that timeframe. > > That pretty much matches my recollection also.
I'll have to dig out my own code ca. 1988 to see what I used in comments. I may not have even taken IDE into account as I already had ESDI code handled--and, from a purely PC-side interface aspect, there's not a lot of difference; i.e., both respond in the same way to the IDENTIFY command. But basically, the question boils down to "Vass you dere, shollie?" --Chuck
