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I don't think the standard was vague... It just didn't describe how to transfer a double word. So instead of the standard being vague, I see it as the drives vi

• Kwpolska 5y ago
  > I see it as the drives violating the at that time current ATA spec. How are they violating the spec if > It just didn't describe how to transfer a double word. The standard was vague, because it specified (a) there is a double-word value, and (b) communication goes over a single-word data bus, but not (c) how to transfer the double-word value over the single-word data bus, leading to drive manufacturers pick the way they liked the most.