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From: cliburn@sleepy.bmd.trw.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: What does IDE stand for?
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Date: 19 Mar 91 23:14:22 GMT
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OK all you computer weenies, stop talking about cache, megahertz, and
interlacing for a minute and answer a simple question for a simple
mind -- what does IDE stand for?  Is it a magnetic recording method
for disks?  Or is it an interface?  I've seen it used in the same
sentence and context with SCSI (yeah, I know what THAT stands for :-/ )

BTW, what does MFM stand for, too?  Modified Frequency Modulation?  That
was (is) a recording method used on 300MB disks back in the 70s & 80s.
I used to work on Control Data Corp (CDC) drives with BIG voice coils,
10 or 12 platters, and a helluva big capacitor somewhere in its bowels
that I always seemed to find when I didn't want to.

Please post the answer on the net, since there may be other lurkers who'd
like to see the answer as well.

Enquiring minds want to know...


Jay Cliburn