EV>I knew the P meant Parallel and the S meant Serial.   
   EV>I didn't know both xATA HDD's were IDE.  Thanks!   
      
   EV>I've always thought a Parallel connection was the way to go.   
   EV>I'm thinking about back in the early days Printers were RS-232 Serial,   
   EV>but later most all Printers used a Centronix Parallel connector.   
   EV>Until USB came along.   
      
   EV>SATA Hard Drives, I guess, must be faster than PATA Hard Drives?   
   EV>Even though the signal flow is Serial, which I always thought was   
   EV>slower because of Parallel Printers becoming more popular to buyers.   
      
   For many years Parallel was faster then serial but advances in serial   
   communications soon passed parallel in speed.   
      
   During my second career after retiring form the Navy I worked with   
   Medicla Monitoring equipment. I was involved with seveal installs and   
   wiring ao those DB-25 conectors was a real pain. I rembember when   
   Hewlett Packard perfected theri High Speed serial data net the wiring   
   was quick and easy. The Medical staff loved it because each room   
   patient monitor became a remote of and other room in the net and the   
   doctor on his rounds could check back on extra critical patients without   
   returning to their room.   
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