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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:36:06 EST."
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Date: Fri,  4 Jan 2013 12:59:29 -0800
From: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>
Message-Id: <20130104205929.32056B832@mail.bitblocks.com>
Subject: Re: [9fans] 9atom
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On Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:36:06 EST erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> > This matches my understanding. Recall that IDE was essentially
> > ST-506 with all the analog bits done on the drive itself
> > (hence the name Integrated Drive Electronics).
>
> just because it once was, so it shall always be?  somehow
> i think the world has moved on.

My only point was that there is no need to throw away history
and redefine commonly understood terms -- that only increases
confusion. New revisions of the ATA spec should use new terms
If old ones are found wanting but not redefine them.