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Seagate to Drop IDE Drives by Year End

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-are-finished dept.

ianare writes "Seagate plans to cease manufacturing IDE hard drives by the end of the year and will focus exclusively on SATA-based products. Seagate is the first major hard drive manufacturer to announce such plans, though others will likely follow suit. That's not to say support for the 21-year-old PATA standard is going to vanish overnight; similar to how ISA slots were available long after most of us had ditched our old ISA peripherals."

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  1. Some header by Dunbal · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Seagate to Drop IDE Drives by Year End

          My first thought was: But won't they get damaged?

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  2. Re:What about osdev? by Mike610544 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    As a consumer, I'd rather get rid of the legacy shit (ATA, ps2 keyboards, bios, DOS/Windows :-)
    I fear for the day when PS2 ports go away. Without my Model M I'd probably have to stop using computers altogether. How people can type on modern "keyboards" I'll never understand. They can have my PS2 port when they pry it from my cold dead hands.
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