Seriously, one name was forgotten, WD, that the drive maker but the chip maker. The chipset used for board then drive level was the same or successors and the came from WD.
Allison On 10/04/2017 03:03 PM, Tom Gardner via cctalk wrote: > Adam – thanks for the research, can I assume that the other ads u found were > also CompuAdd clone ads? > > > > CompuAdd is really interesting because it clearly predates the CAM meeting in > early 1989. Here is a quote from the March 9, 1989, CAM minutes > > “Gene Milligan pointed out that there is some standardization activity being > done by Conner and Miniscribe in the area of mechanical and electrical > characteristics of the AT controller interface (with specific application to > embedded AT controller interface disk drives)” > > > > “Embedded AT Controller” in some form (even just “AT”) seems to be the term > of the industry prior to “IDE” and “ATA” > > > > I have some fairly complete files on disk drive companies and from the > limited material I have it appears that neither Conner, nor MiniScribe, nor > Quantum, nor Imprimis used “IDE” in any form in their advertisements and > product literature until well after the CAM meeting. Here are some examples: > > YYY-MM Company Quote Source > > 1987-06 Conner an embedded IBM PC/AT controller > CP342 announcement Press Release > > 1988-02 Conner designed to operate on an IBM PC AT > CP3022 Product Spec > > 1989-03 Imprimis A choice of industry-standard interfaces — > SCSI, ESDI, AT, ST506 OEM Product Catalog > > 1989-04 CAM Com. Definition - ATA (AT Attachment): > ATA-1 rev 2 > > 1989-09 Quantum the new ProDrive products are available with > embedded SCSI or AT-Bus controllers. ProDrive 120-210 > announcement PR > > 1989-10 Miniscribe ST412, XT, AT, SCSI , or SCSI Macintosh > interface 1989 Product Guide > > 1989-10 PrairieTek DRIVE W ITH EMBEDDED AT OR XT CONTROLLER > PT120 & PT240 data sheer > > 1989-11 Kalok Full SCSI, PC/AT or PS/2 interface > compatibility Octagon I Family > > 1990-07 Areal drives with the SCSI or AT interface > > EN article > > Of course my files are not as complete as Porter’s so if this becomes > important I might have to visit the CHM and check them out. > > > > The question becomes whose drives were CompuAdd using? BTW if you scan two > pages on in the cited PC Magazine u will find CompuAdd offering add-on “HDDs” > for the “IBM-ATs” and “IBM-XTs” from MiniScribe and Seagate - at that time > Seagate did not have an ATA (or IDE) drive so maybe CompuAdd’s drives weren’t > ATA as we now know it. > > > > In any event this discussion started with an assertion that IDE preceded ATA > and so far the evidence suggests IDE was at best contemporaneous. > > > > Tom > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Sampson [mailto:a...@offog.org] > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2017 12:57 PM > To: Tom Gardner via cctalk > Subject: Re: The origin of the phrases ATA and IDE [WAS:RE: formatting MFM > drives on a IBM PC] > > > > Tom Gardner via cctalk < <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> > cctalk@classiccmp.org> writes: > > > >> But again if anyone has any documents dating IDE in the 1980s I d love >> to see them > > > Don't forget the Internet Archive's impressive collection of scanned > magazines for questions like this! There are several references in 1989 in > Infoworld and similar periodicals. > > > > The earliest I could find from a quick search is this ad from CompuAdd > Corporation in PC Magazine, December 27th 1988, listing PC clones with > "Integrated Drive Electronics fixed disk drive interface" and "IDE fixed disk > drive interface": > > <https://archive.org/stream/PC-Mag-1988-12-27#page/n227/mode/2up> > https://archive.org/stream/PC-Mag-1988-12-27#page/n227/mode/2up > > > > The ad in the 1988-11-15 issue doesn't mention IDE, so it looks like that's > one of the first times CompuAdd thought it was useful for marketing... > > > > Cheers, > > >
