ESIX and IDE drives

[Rahul Dhesi]

>After all, IDE
>is basically a "transparent" extension of the ISA bus...

IDE means "integrated drive electronics".  It simply means that the
controller is on the drive.  IDE does not imply anything about the
actual electrical interface.  If an IDE drive is designed to be
connected to an ISA bus, then of course it is a transparent extension
of the bus, and looks like a standard AT drive.  If an IDE drive is
custom-engineered for some manufacturer, then there is no guarantee as
to what it looks like electrically.  If an IDE drive has a SCSI
interface, then it has a SCSI interface and not an AT interface.  Etc.

Interpret "IDE" as meaning "when you buy the drive, you automatically
get the controller with it".
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