Re: Dumb question for off-list discussion -- WAS: ULTRA ATA/100

[Andre Hedrick]

> German c't magazine writes in their news article covering ATA/100 that
> this will probably be the last incarnation of Ultra-ATA. So this is a
> dead end when it comes to "upgradeabilty". SCSI, however, can easily
> migrate to even higher speed, because it essentially is only a command
> set (and one that is used for usb storage and ATAPI devices, too, IIRC).

Offically that is correct........however, there are rumors that I can not
verify.........but ATA/133 is a back alley issue.  Due to the laws of
physics, NOP -- IMHO.  However with a beefed up HOST for more current and
a beefed up drive interface the back alley may see a glimps of the street
before it is stomped on by lawyers.  Politics is not here for discussion.

Cheers,

Andre Hedrick
The Linux ATA/IDE guy