The Fast Ata 1200 Mk-Iv Controller Features - ELBOX Fast ATA 1200 MK-IV User Manual

THE Fast ATA 1200 MK-IV CONTROLLER
FEATURES
The Fast A T A 1200 MK-IV Controller with its many features represents
the highest technology controller in its category. The following list
describes some of these features:
Fast transfer rate of up to 16.6 MB/s
The Fast ATA 1200 MK-IV Controller with its maximum transfer rate of
16.6 MB/s in the PIO 4 mode offers a huge capacity reserve for fast mass
storage devices, especially for fast hard drives. Therefore, applications
may run much faster if they can count on fast access to large data files.
Support of AT API standard devices
The Fast ATA 1200 MK-IV Controller implements the ATAPI standard as
well, for use with devices like CD-ROM drives, DVD drives, etc. This
enables the connection of ATAPI-standard devices to the Amiga with no
need for the installation of additional software.
Two buffered and terminated EIDE ports
The controller operates with two EIDE ports, which enable installation of
up to four IDE/EIDE/ATAPI devices. Both controller ports are fully
buffered and terminated in accordance with the recommendations set
forth in the ATA-3 specification.
Fully compatible with hard drives o f over 4 GB capacity
Limitations on the size of hard disks have been overcome in the Fast ATA
1200 MK-IV Controller. The Fast ATA 1200 MK-IV Controller may be
used with hard drives of over 4 GB capacity with no need to change the
FastFileSystem used so far for file management.
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