S shaundc Baseband Member Messages 47 Mar 4, 2005 #1 Can anyone tell me if an 80 wire ATA cable support full duplex or is it half duplex?
T The_Other_One Daemon Poster Messages 1,321 Mar 4, 2005 #2 Um...I beleive any IDE runs at full duplex...
S shaundc Baseband Member Messages 47 Mar 4, 2005 #3 thanks for replying, I kinda thought so but on the other hand I didn't think you could read from and write to a hard drive at the same time. Thats what confuses me about it being full duplex.
thanks for replying, I kinda thought so but on the other hand I didn't think you could read from and write to a hard drive at the same time. Thats what confuses me about it being full duplex.
T The_Other_One Daemon Poster Messages 1,321 Mar 4, 2005 #4 I'm quite sure it's possible or drives would be slow as hell. I could be wrong, but it just doesn't seem too practical otherwise...
I'm quite sure it's possible or drives would be slow as hell. I could be wrong, but it just doesn't seem too practical otherwise...
setishock Wizard of Wires Messages 10,726 Location 4321 Mar 5, 2005 #6 UMmm... It's one at a time. Either read or write but not both at once.