MCG2@Lehigh (12/16/90)
Organization: Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Advertisers in Computer Shopper magazine are heralding the "arrival"
of IDE hard drive technology. Since HD controllers are built into each
IDE drive, the cost installing the drives is reduced.
The drives supposedly plug into the "AT interface on the
motherboard" according to one advertiser. Does anyone know what this
"AT interface" is? You also have the option of buying a card to plug
in if you don't have an "AT interface." Most of these cards run for
about $30. Is performance compromised by using these cards?
I would also like to hear from people who have installed IDE
drives. Are they really as superior as the advertisers want us to
believe?
I will post a summary of the answers in a few days.
-Thanks.
-Marc.
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Marc C. Gabriel '93 - U.C. Box 545 -
MCG2@LEHIGH.BITNET Lehigh University
(215) 758-0343 Bethlehem, PA 18015
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I'm still thinking about the witty one-liner I'm supposed to put here.dmatlock@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Delbert Matlock) (12/25/90)
I've been using a computer with an IDE drive in it for several months now, and I have yet to have any complaints. The drive that I am using is a Seagate ST-157A which is about a 45Meg hard disk. My computer had the interface built right into the motherboard, and the single interface cable makes installation considerably easier. What I would like to see are some specs comparing the interface speeds between IDE, SCSI, ESDI, and standard Western Digital. ============================================================================= Delbert Matlock Internet: dmatlock@eecs.cs.pdx.edu MicroNet Northwest Voice: (503)228-3071