Non-standard use of IDE interface

[bear2007]

Hi,

is there anybody who tried to connect non-standard equipment to PC over its IDE interface under Windows?
The idea is to use IDE interface as a quick hook for high-speed data acquisition from a custom digital camera (simulating IDE/ATAPI interface), avoiding writing any low-level drivers and using a standard direct drive access through Windows API calls. Yet still expecting to achieve throughput of several dozens MB/s.
Any thoughts or experience?

 

[Ferg]

Yup tried and broke my mobo, many many years ago though. why have you some insight?

 

[bear2007]

Yup tried and broke my mobo, many many years ago though. why have you some insight?

May be I do have. Delayed as you can see by "many many years though" - I'm good at seeing past ;)
So, what about ATA? I guess nobody came across this ever?
Everybody uses IDE port to connect just IDE HDDs. The disciplinarians :)