07-01-15 11:41 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about SCSI Adapter Startup   
      
    ml> @MSGID: <5594653C.14236.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    ml> 30 Jun 15 21:11, you wrote to me:   
   Howdy! Mark,   
   -snip-   
    ml>> my PATA and SATA systems appear to show all connections when   
    ml>> booting up... only those with drives attached get a name or ID   
   -snip-   
    EV> Long time ago I thought the HDD in this XP box was IDE because I would   
    EV> see a line on the screen when I turned the box On that said something   
    EV> about checking IDE Drives.   
      
    EV> A moment after that line shows up I see several lines flash on the   
    EV> screen only for a instant and then the SCSI Adapter gets initialized.   
      
    EV> It was a long time before I learned that those lines I saw for only a   
    EV> moment was where the pc was reporting what SATA connections it saw.   
      
    ml> PATA (old style) and SATA (new style) are both IDE... IDE   
      
   I knew the P meant Parallel and the S meant Serial.   
   I didn't know both xATA HDD's were IDE.  Thanks!   
      
   I've always thought a Parallel connection was the way to go.   
   I'm thinking about back in the early days Printers were RS-232 Serial,   
   but later most all Printers used a Centronix Parallel connector.   
   Until USB came along.   
      
   SATA Hard Drives, I guess, must be faster than PATA Hard Drives?   
   Even though the signal flow is Serial, which I always thought was   
   slower because of Parallel Printers becoming more popular to buyers.   
   -snip-   
    EV> P.S. I was looking around Waldo's Place BBS a few days ago and learned   
    EV> that the W in wkitty meant 'White'.   
      
    ml> actually, the name of the bbs has the first name in it...   
    ml> granted, the avatar is a white cat on a black background but   
    ml> the bbs is named for the moniker ;)   
      
    ml> )\/(ark   
      
   So Your initials are WML?   
      
    ml> ... NAK NAK, "Who's There?" #@#^#$%#(#@^ NO CARRIER   
      
   BELL (CTRL-G) would work better than a NAK wouldn't it?   
   I'm thinking NAK is the NUL $00 ASCII Character.   
      
   Was I close enuf?   
      
      
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