Thread: SATA vs IDE
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Old 04-28-2008, 02:23 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by raoul_1101 View Post
ok... is it correct then that SATA = ATA300 then?
and can you put 2 devices on one channel of ATA300 like you can IDE?
It's important to remember the "S" on ATA, if you go around just saying ATA300 for instance, people are going to get confused. (IDE = PATA).

And no, one SATA cable only supports one device.
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