ATA Standard

ATA-1 1980's

Sep 14, 1980

In the early 1980's it introduced the first PC to include BIOS support for hard drives.

Problems

Mar 13, 1989

TA new hard drive interface was designed which then put out the AT interface1989

ATA-2

Jan 1, 1990

The 1990 industry adopted a series of improvements of te ATA standard called the ATA-2. These new features were called the enhanced IDE by many people.

Paralell and Serial ATA

Aug 13, 1990

ATA appeared around the 1990's and it virtually monopolizes the hard drive market, ATA hard drives are often referred to as IDE drives.

BIOS

Nov 12, 1994

Phoenix Technologies made a new set of BIOS commando. (INT13 extensions)

21st Century

Oct 13, 2011

Hard drives began to become very popular in the 21st century. The ATA-6 was created. This hard drive introduced Ultra DMA mode 5.