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From: sac90286@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: What the heck is IDE?
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Date: 25 May 89 23:57:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!sac90286    May 25 18:57:00 1989


I recently received a 386/25 from CompuAdd corp. One of the features of this
high-end machine is an "IDE" (Integrated Drive Electronics) connector built
onto the motherboard. According to the manual, there exist hard drives with
controllers built into them which can make use of this special connector. My
question: I've heard of ESDI drives and SCSI drives and STxxx drives, but never
an IDE drive. Do such things really exist? Who makes them? Are there any 
advantages to using an IDE drive over a standard STxxx drive like most other 
AT class machines use?

signed, 
Curiouser and curiouser