Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpfcso!hplvec!reid From: reid@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Reid Trimble) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: How does an IDE drive work ? Message-ID: <12070001@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM> Date: 26 Feb 91 16:47:46 GMT References: <5222@male.EBay.Sun.COM> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO Lines: 8 In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, rc@garbo.EBay.Sun.COM (Ran-Chi Huang) writes: I'm fascinated with the so-called IDE drives. << other stuff deleted, basicly: how do they work >> --------- Check out the latest issue (March '91) of Byte magazine. In the "Hands On" section (I think) there's a great article that addresses all your questions and more.