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Parallel ATA
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interface standard for the connection of storage devices
Key facts
- Type
- Internal storage device connector
- Designer
- Western Digital and Compaq , subsequently enhanced by many others
- Superseded by
- Serial ATA (2003)
- Hot pluggable
- No
- External
- No
- Cable
- 40 or 80 conductor ribbon cable
- Width
- 16 bits
- Bitrate
- Half-duplex :, 8.3 MB/s per ATA channel originally, later 33, 66, 100 and 133 MB/s per ATA channel
- Max devices
- Two
- Protocol
- Parallel
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