08-26-13 14:40 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about Backup software

 ml> {at}MSGID: 
 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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