17 May
2013
17 May
'13
1:04 p.m.
Oh, IDE blows dog, there's no question about that
amongst people who have
any technical clue whatsoever. But it IS easy to interface to...I've even
done it (as have many others) with a microcontroller and a few dozen lines
of
code. Try doing that with (for example) SATA...one would be lucky to even
get the physical layer talking. There is *nothing* ATA-like about SATA
beyond the name.
I tried. Mostly impossible (to my knowledge).
But a full-8 with some peripherals and full-legacy interface would be a
blow on old systems, new hardware to put in place of old dogs...And lots of
legacy systems on market, hello collectors!!! :D