V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
ESDI
Enhanced Standard Device Interface
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Enhanced Small Disk Interface
ESDI
(ESDI) An obsolete hard disk
controller standard, first introduced by Maxtor in 1983,
and intended to be the successor to the original
ST-506/ST-412. ESDI was faster and more reliable, but
still could not compete with IDE and SCSI.
EDSI used two cables: a 20-pin data cable to each drive and a
single 34-pin control cable daisy chain with the controller
at one end and a terminator at the other. In PCs, it
supported up to two drives at 1-2MB/s with drives up to 2GB.
PC Guide
(http://pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/obsoESDI-c.html).
(2003-08-01)