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		cestith 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: More than two hard disks in DOS There were also a number of sound cards that had two or three ports because a lot of early CD-ROM drives weren’t IDE. You’d have a Sony, a Panasonic, and something else on your card in the early days. IDE on a sound card was an actual improvement.

shdon 5 months ago [–]

The third common CD-ROM interface that wasn't IDE was Mitsumi.

cestith 5 months ago | [–]

Thank you. That’s absolutely right and I’m not sure why I blanked on it at the time of writing.

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