Non-standard use of IDE interface

bear2007

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