Speaking of PS/2s...

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri Dec 21 10:15:58 2001

--- Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Doc Shipley wrote:
> >
> > > I have a 5870-121...with... a 120M ESDI drive...
> >
> > Are you sure the drive is ESDI? I think the model 70 shipped with an
> > IDE drive.
>
> The IBM PS/2 Hardware Interface TechRef contains a pinout of the hard
> disk connector. The signals look to be almost a subset of the MCA
> signals. It certainly doesn't look like an ESDI interface.
>
> I guess you could call it 'IDE', but it's not the same interface as is
> used on more normal PCs.

I think it could be considered "IDE" in the original sense - Integrating
the controller into the drive, but it is not ATA (AT-Attachment) IDE.

-ethan


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