Impressive amateur historical research on this list!
On Wed, 4 Oct 2017, Adam Sampson via cctalk wrote:
The earliest I could find from a quick search is this ad from CompuAdd Corporation in PC Magazine, December 27th 1988, listing PC clones with "Integrated Drive Electronics fixed disk drive interface" and "IDE fixed disk drive interface": https://archive.org/stream/PC-Mag-1988-12-27#page/n227/mode/2up The ad in the 1988-11-15 issue doesn't mention IDE, so it looks like that's one of the first times CompuAdd thought it was useful for marketing...
So, we have ATA pinpointed as a NAME at 30 Mar, 89, with probable earlier discussion. CompuAdd pinpointed use of NAME "IDE" between 11/15/88 and 12/27/88, (consider the lead time for the ad?) with others following in january 89, etc.
1989-01-31, Diversified Technology ad: "SCSI, ST506, IDE" https://archive.org/stream/PC-Mag-1989-01-31#page/n221/mode/2up
If we assume that WD, in spite of shipping product, did not use the NAME "IDE" until then, then we have a lead of a few months, which as far as I am concerned 3 decades later, is a TIE!
(Unless somebody finds use of "IDE" as a NAME by WD or others prior to the Compuadd ads)
Yes, there are SOME situations where time of day of the postmark might be significant, here, it is close enough to say that they are the same. (Elisha Gray V Alexander Graham Bell had other issues more serious than who arrived at the patent office first)
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