@ Wain
the IDE interface on A600/1200/4000 works *only* in PIO Mode 0, its maximum transfer rate would be 3.3 MB/s but most likely 2.3 MB/s is what you get...
This is why there are some "cards" that plug on a particular chip (don't remember its name) in the A1200 and provides UDMA modes
/ipino
