On 03/10/2017 01:04, Tom Gardner via cctalk wrote:
Unfortunately there is no documentation to support Pete's recollection - if
there is any I would like to see it.
Well, actually, there is, though not for quite as early as I had those
conversations. The company I was referring to was HCCS Associates, and
although I can't find a copyright date for their original software, I
can find pictures of the interfaces, clearly labelled "IDE", and one
version of the software, called "IDE Manager". It's version 2.1, dated
February 1990. They used mostly, but not exclusively, Connor drives, by
the way.
http://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/Software.html#H
http://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/32bit_UpgradesH2Z/HCCS_IDE_A3000.html
Another I can find is another company who made an interface for a
slightly later machine from the same family, and one version does carry
a date, also 1990.
http://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/32bit_UpgradesH2Z/ICS_ideA.html
The Watford Electronics IDE interface (called WE-IDE) for the same
series of machines was released about the same time. The software is
dated September 1989. They used Western Digital drives, amongst others.
http://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/Software.html#W
So there's clear proof that at least three companies in the UK were
using the term IDE before (or at least by) 1990. I never heard it
called anything else in that timeframe.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Turnbull [mailto:p...@dunnington.plus.com]
Nope. I recall conversations with a small-scale developer in the UK who was
creating addons and accessories for the company I worked for (Acorn
Computers) in 1987-1988, and he was touting IDE
--
Pete
Pete Turnbull
