They're here...

[Stereodude]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...1077+40000068&Manufactory=1077&SubCategory=68

 

[ddrueding]

Funny how their arrival almost perfectly coincided with motherboards that have no PATA connectors at all...

 

[LiamC]

Ahh, the return of Promise

 

[Adcadet]

I'm confused...why the lack of SATA?

 

[Bozo]

Ahh, the return of Promise

???????

Bozo :joker:

 

[LiamC]

Promise ATA PCI controllers. They were popular about the time of ATA-66/100. They were way faster than the VIA ATA66/100 implementations, but as ATA-100 matured, they lost any advantage they had. Then SATA rolled around and people poo-poo'ed 'mere' ATA controllers.

Looks like there still may be a use for them. Sure to give a few on this board apoplexy though....

 

[timwhit]

I would guess that most of these will be integrated in older laptops that only have PATA. But, come on a lot of new laptops are SATA. The prices are a bit steep still. I will go for it when they come down to around $300 (for a 32GB), and are available in SATA. Who wants to guess how long this will take?

 

[Stereodude]

I will go for it when they come down to around $300 (for a 32GB), and are available in SATA. Who wants to guess how long this will take?

Looking at the general volatility of the flash market I'd say about anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 years.

 

[ddrueding]

Actually, I was thinking that 4-Port 3Ware PATA controllers might come back into style...

Unfortunately, none are PCI-e

 

[Bozo]

Promise ATA PCI controllers. They were popular about the time of ATA-66/100. They were way faster than the VIA ATA66/100 implementations, but as ATA-100 matured, they lost any advantage they had. Then SATA rolled around and people poo-poo'ed 'mere' ATA controllers.

Looks like there still may be a use for them. Sure to give a few on this board apoplexy though....

I forgot about those! Matter of fact, I still have one or two laying around here somewhere. Even have a 4 port PATA 3Ware RAID card. Hopefully motherboard makers will keep putting regular PCI slot on for a little while yet.

Bozo :joker:

 

[MaxBurn]

Those were the days when you could mod a Ultra 33/66/100 into a Fasttrack with a soldering iron and a BIOS flash. Who did that? I had several but none left anymore.

 

[LiamC]

That's why I bought mine, but it was useful as is so I never got around to it.

 

[Bozo]

Those were the days when you could mod a Ultra 33/66/100 into a Fasttrack with a soldering iron and a BIOS flash. Who did that? I had several but none left anymore.

I did. Don't think I have any of those left though.

Bozo :joker:

 

[LOST6200]

What are teh writ8ing treransfer speeds?

 

[Stereodude]

The 32GB one says:

Read: Up to 58MB/sec
Write: Up to 32MB/sec