On 10/04/2017 04:22 PM, Adam Sampson via cctalk wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 12:03:44PM -0700, Tom Gardner wrote: >> [...] can I assume that the other ads u found were also CompuAdd clone >> ads? CompuAdd is really interesting because it clearly predates the >> CAM meeting in early 1989. Here is a quote from the March 9, 1989, >> CAM minutes > Hmm, interesting! I went back and had a more careful look; CompuAdd seem > to be the earliest to use the term IDE in their ads, but they weren't > the only ones in early 1989.
We also forget Borland TurboPascal and C... IDE integrated development environment. Language.... it changes. Allison > Here are all the mentions of IDE (in the hard disk sense) in Infoworld > from January to May 1989: > > 1989-03-20 (and repeats), Dell System 325 ad: "... talk directly with a > computer expert. And ask things like, 'What's the difference between IDE > and ESDI?'" > https://archive.org/stream/Infoworld-1989-03-20#page/n23/mode/2up > https://archive.org/stream/Infoworld-1989-03-27#page/n31/mode/2up > https://archive.org/stream/Infoworld-1989-05-22#page/n31/mode/2up > (Earlier versions of that ad used similar wording but suggested asking > about other things, e.g. "What is page mode interleaved memory?") > > 1989-04-10, Mission Cyrus Group article: "... and SCSI and IDE hard disk > controllers." > https://archive.org/stream/Infoworld-1989-04-10#page/n5/mode/2up > > And in PC Magazine from January to May 1989: > > 1989-01-17 (and later), CompuAdd's ads: > https://archive.org/stream/PC-Mag-1989-01-17#page/n193/mode/2up > https://archive.org/stream/PC-Mag-1989-01-31#page/n161/mode/2up > https://archive.org/stream/PC-Mag-1989-02-14#page/n233/mode/2up > https://archive.org/stream/PC-Mag-1989-02-28#page/n193/mode/2up > https://archive.org/stream/PC-Mag-1989-03-14#page/n275/mode/2up > https://archive.org/stream/PC-Mag-1989-03-28#page/n271/mode/2up > https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_jGnF7KJsyBQC#page/n247/mode/2up > https://archive.org/stream/PC-Mag-1989-04-11#page/n247/mode/2up > https://archive.org/stream/PC-Mag-1989-04-25#page/n75/mode/2up > https://archive.org/stream/PC-Mag-1989-05-16#page/n233/mode/2up > > 1989-01-31, Diversified Technology ad: "SCSI, ST506, IDE" > https://archive.org/stream/PC-Mag-1989-01-31#page/n221/mode/2up > > 1989-05-16 had an article on "Choosing a hard disk and controller", > which doesn't use the term IDE, even though the CompuAdd ad in the same > issue does: "You have your choice of three interfaces: ST506, ESDI, and > SCSI." It mentions IBM and Compaq oddballs too. > https://archive.org/stream/PC-Mag-1989-05-16#page/n263/mode/2up > > I also searched for "electronics" to catch the full phrase, but no > mentions of it other than CompuAdd. This is of course limited by what > issues archive.org has, and what their OCR picks up. > > Cheers, >
