3.1 - PATA Drive Cables

Question 1

The PATA Standard

Answer 1

• Parallel AT Attachment
  – Remember the PC/AT?
• An evolutionary process
  – Circa 1999
• Originally called Integrated
  Drive Electronics (IDE)
  – A Western Digital invention
  – 2nd generation called EIDE (Enhanced IDE)
• The evolution
  – Promised faster speeds
  – From 16 MB/s through 133 MB/s
  – Additional devices
• Now called Parallel ATA (PATA)

Question 2

PATA (image)

Answer 2