''IDE Features''
*Supports IDE hard discs with up to 128GB128 GB.
*Bigger HDD or CD/DVD drive support possible with drivers.
*Simultaneous operation of two hard discs (master and slave) for a total of up to 256GB 256 GB on your CPC! *Transfer speed of 162KByte162 KByte/s. That's as fast as copying memory inside the CPC with LDIR. In practice (loading FAT16/32 files) the speed is still about 130KB130 KB/s ([[SymbOS|SymbOS]]-FAT-driver).
*External power supply provided: no extra load for the CPC's internal PSU.
*No timing problems: Interrupts don't need to be disabled during the data transfer with the hard disc. The hard disc can operate while you play sound or doing other things with your CPC (multitasking etc.).