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[3]Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 17:25:27 +1000
[3]From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
[3]When did IDE drives first come out?  

Tandy designed the IDE-XT connector into all of the PCs it shipped for
the fall of 1988.  Since Compaq/Conner had them at least a year earlier,
I would say that they have been around in limited use since 1986.

The IDE-AT interface (or what we call simply IDE today) has been around
since 1988/1989.

						Frank Durda IV
						uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com