| ATAPI The
Enhanced IDE standard by itself works wonders for hooking up disk drives
to PCs. But that's not enough. People want to attach tape drives and
CD-ROMs to the same controller. Thanks to EIDE's support for the ATAPI
standard, they can. Using ATAPI-capable hardware and software drivers, you
can mix and match different types of drives on the same EIDE controller,
which is both a convenience and a savings in hardware costs. |