At 09:00 PM 5/30/2007, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
And yeah, I think the earliest machine I ever saw with
an IDE drive was a Compaq Deskpro 286. There was a
flavor of IDE for XT class machnes too - the drives
aren't really compatible with AT class IDE, however.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Technology_Attachment
http://www.ata-atapi.com/hist.htm
- John