On Wed, 12 Nov 1997 23:51:27 -0500,
Allen Briggs <briggs@puma.macbsd.com> wrote:
> 
> Nope.  I highly doubt that Apple used a standard IDE chip/cell.

Would you care to explain what you mean by "standard IDE chip/cell"?
I thought IDE controller chip is located on the drive, and the signals
are identical to those of ISA bus except for the device select signals
(which are generated by decoding higher bits of the address bus).

> Maybe they did, but I really expect that they designed their own.
> "to keep it cheap"

Is it only I who think it'd be cheaper to use the "industry standard"
parts? ;-)

Ken