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Christo
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:24 pm    Post subject: PATA? Reply with quote

this is just ATA yeah? so normal ATA drives will work with it?


or am i wrong, is PATA different?

i know about SATA but not heard much of PATA is it just another way of
describing normal ATA/IDE?
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Rene
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:52 pm    Post subject: Re: PATA? Reply with quote

"Christo" <chris@juststuffd.co.uk> schreef in bericht
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Quote:
this is just ATA yeah? so normal ATA drives will work with it?


or am i wrong, is PATA different?

i know about SATA but not heard much of PATA is it just another way of
describing normal ATA/IDE?

Googling for pata and ata at the same time gives for example this page:

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?mode=hybrid&t=117583

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_Vanguard_
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 8:10 pm    Post subject: Re: PATA? Reply with quote

"Christo" <chris@juststuffd.co.uk> wrote in message
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Quote:
this is just ATA yeah? so normal ATA drives will work with it?


or am i wrong, is PATA different?

i know about SATA but not heard much of PATA is it just another way of
describing normal ATA/IDE?



http://www.acronymfinder.com/ has a lot of acronyms listed. Check there
and you will find out what PATA and SATA mean.

SCSI-1 was just SCSI until SCSI-2 came out. So ATA had to be called
something different to differentiate it from its serial version.

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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 9:34 pm    Post subject: Re: PATA? Reply with quote

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"Christo" <chris@juststuffd.co.uk> wrote in message
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this is just ATA yeah? so normal ATA drives will work with it?


or am i wrong, is PATA different?

i know about SATA but not heard much of PATA is it just another way of
describing normal ATA/IDE?



http://www.acronymfinder.com/ has a lot of acronyms listed. Check there
and you will find out what PATA and SATA mean.

SCSI-1 was just SCSI until SCSI-2 came out. So ATA had to be called
something different to differentiate it from its serial version.

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Christo
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 9:35 pm    Post subject: Re: PATA? Reply with quote

"Christo" <chris@juststuffd.co.uk> wrote in message
news:32lh8fF3opcbcU1@individual.net...
Quote:
this is just ATA yeah? so normal ATA drives will work with it?


or am i wrong, is PATA different?

i know about SATA but not heard much of PATA is it just another way of
describing normal ATA/IDE?


so with 1 PATA controller on a board i could use it for two CD-ROM drives
and then use the SATA on the board as the hard drives
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kony
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 10:01 pm    Post subject: Re: PATA? Reply with quote

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 16:35:54 -0000, "Christo"
<chris@juststuffd.co.uk> wrote:

Quote:

"Christo" <chris@juststuffd.co.uk> wrote in message
news:32lh8fF3opcbcU1@individual.net...
this is just ATA yeah? so normal ATA drives will work with it?


or am i wrong, is PATA different?

i know about SATA but not heard much of PATA is it just another way of
describing normal ATA/IDE?


so with 1 PATA controller on a board i could use it for two CD-ROM drives
and then use the SATA on the board as the hard drives


yes
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