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@ 2004-05-21 17:09 Pat LaVarre
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From: Pat LaVarre @ 2004-05-21 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
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People I met today guessed I may have coined the term PATA.

As a point of personal privilege, I cry innocent:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-ide&s=pata
immediately finds a reference as old as:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-ide&m=107048452605455
Date: 2003-12-03 20:44:46

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Intel ICH5
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Summary:  ... Looks like a PATA controller, but with a few added,
non-standard SATA port controls.

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http://www.google.com/search?q=satapi
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=satapi

also have relevant hits, some dating as far back as August, 2003.

No relevant hits yet appear at:

http://www.google.com/search?q=satapi
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=patapi
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-ide&s=patapi
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-ide&s=satapi

I notice PATAPI has as many letters as PCMCIA = People Can't Memorise
Computer Industry Acronyms.

Pat LaVarre



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