I can only say that from purely user/tinkerer POV (not some low-level system programmer) the best memory of IDE/PATA I have is when the PCs have finally moved o

I can only say that from purely user/tinkerer POV (not some low-level system programmer) the best memory of IDE/PATA I have is when the PCs have finally moved on to SATA/AHCI. Phew.