On 10/03/2017 12:09 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > Also, of course, "pre-ATA IDE" can mean IDE prior to the ATA > standard release, rather than prior to the early use of "ATA" as a > name.
Indeed, you can still find "XTA IDE" and "ATA IDE" mentioned in literature. That is, the generic term for an integrated hard drive interface was IDE, with modifiers XTA and ATA. At one time, this was important to differentiate the mutually incompatible XT interface 8 bit IDE drives from the 16 bit AT interface drives. As an aside, many early ATA IDE drives could perform 8 bit transfers, but that hasn't been true in perhaps 20 years or more. However, 8 bit transfers are AFAIK, still a requirement for CF cards. --Chuck
