> On Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:36:06 EST erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: > > > This matches my understanding. Recall that IDE was essentially > > > ST-506 with all the analog bits done on the drive itself > > > (hence the name Integrated Drive Electronics). > > > > just because it once was, so it shall always be? somehow > > i think the world has moved on. > > My only point was that there is no need to throw away history > and redefine commonly understood terms -- that only increases > confusion. New revisions of the ATA spec should use new terms > If old ones are found wanting but not redefine them.
unfortunately, they have been redefined for us. ATA means a command set. IDE is a programming interface. if that has changed in the last 25 years, it is not i who changed the definitions. - erik
