PATA is Parallel ATA (flat 80-pin ribbon cable... Old fashioned hard drives and optical drives) http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=deskbar&q=define%3APATA SATA is Serial ATA (round cable with small flat connector... new-fangled hard drives) http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=deskbar&q=define%3ASATA Other definitions: http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=deskbar&q=define%3AUDMA http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3AEIDE&btnG=Search Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Becky kane" <bekkykane@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 2:16 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: My Contraption >I got lost right on the Pata Plug.........What is that? > > God Bless > Becky -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/
