08-26-13 14:40 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about Backup software   
      
    ml> @MSGID: <521BD23D.823.windowsb@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    ml>  On Sun, 25 Aug 2013, Ed Vance wrote to TOM WALKER:   
      
    EV> Is PATA the same as IDE?   I think it is, am I right?   
      
    ml> no, not really... but yes, in a way...   
      
    ml> AT    : Advanced Technology (IBM PCAT)   
    ml> IDE   : Integrated Device Electronics   
    ml> ATA   : AT Attach (derived from Western Digital's IDE)   
    ml> ATAPI : AT Attach Packet Interface   
    ml> PATA  : Parallel ATA (name for ATA since SATA introduction in   
    ml> 2003) SATA  : Serial ATA   
      
    ml> IDE, ATA, ATAPI are all pretty much synonymous... IDE came   
    ml> about when the HD controller card was removed from the slot and   
    ml> placed on the HD... the card used in the slots was then just an   
    ml> interface card... since then, there is no interface card in a   
    ml> slot as they are now built directly onto the motherboards and   
    ml> the cables connected to them there...   
      
   Thanks Mark,   
      
   I remember a long time ago someone told me they just got a   
   IBM AT compatiable, and I asked what does AT stand for?,   
   and was told Advanced Technology.   
      
   I then remarked, does XT stand for eXpired Technology?, he never   
   thought of that before, but he would tell that to all of his   
   friends who were still running XTs.        
      
   That AT of his must had been a 286, I guess.   
      
   B4 I got a 486 in 1994, I learned from reading messages on BBSes,   
   and later on, on a ITT XT at work by typing in the Example Programs   
   from the Manuals that came with the XT.   
      
   That ITT with DOS 2.11 was a real good PC, in fact when it was   
   replaced by a Zenith 286 I thought the XT worked better than the   
   286 did.  But what do I know???????????   
      
   ... If my computers didn't drive me crazy i'd be insane.   
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