> Octavio,
> somewhere in the net  you can found the IDE control lines, commands, timing
 and
> specification.
>  LMK, I am interested too.
> TIA & ciao.

ATA docs can be found at:

ftp://fission.dt.wdc.com/pub/standards/ata

I was thinking of doing something with IDE disks myself, but apart
from sifting through the standards, I have not done anything else
yet...

Hope this helps.

Cheers, Ian.