On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Lord Isildur wrote:

> i think actually that if we just had an IDE controller, it wouldnt
> evolve, except maybe in the hands of one or two people on their own- i
> think it woudl be 'enough' and once a system was working, most people would
> be less inclined to turn their system upside down a second time to make the
> change to go MSCP. I think instead, the MSCP implementation should be
> done first since its the least likely part of the project to survive given
> the existence of other parts of the project..

YAY!  Lord Isildur has volunteered!

-brian.