To: Embedded Linux Kernel Subset <linux-8086@vger.rutgers.edu> Cc: From: Florian Schiel <beo@eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 13:04:38 +0200 (METDST) Newsgroups: linux.dev.8086 On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, Eric J. Korpela wrote: > > Hmmmm. A one spin *IDE* drive? Unlikely; ATAPI didn't exist > > until the age of the quad spin really. > > I've definitely got a 2x Sony ATAPI drive on my P90. I think > ATAPI may be a bit older than you think. > > Eric > One-spins were usually on proprietary cards or maybe on scsi-bus, but the first ATAPI's were double speed. I've got a sony 55 in my box and it can do pio mode 2! since there is an atapi spec, most ide hdd work together now. remember the old times when you couldn't get a quantum eps-drive working together with a seagate one? evereyone had their own standard how to get it fast, but not compatible. altough atapi was made for thing like cdroms it did some goot to the eide drives too. maybe except for bus termination to get more secure and faster data, but DMA-33 solves that now ;-)
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