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A parallel ATA connector can use one data cable for two drives.
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Most CD and DVD ROM drives still come in PATA.
ATA/ATAPI -4, ATA/ATAPI -5, ATA/ATAPI -6, ATA/ATAPI -7 (SATA)
Depending on the drive being installed you have to use either a serial ATA interface, or a paralell ATA interface. The power/data connectors are different so you would not be able to interchange the cables.
series is newer in ata like series ata and ata the old one is parallel ata
Parallel ata cable connecter have 40 pins.
No its not ATA is a interface standard not a type of hard drive the only difference between Ultra ATA and a diffrent inerface standard is that it can use the 80-conductor cable or serial ATA cable
DVD ROM drives can be connected using a USB connector/interface or installed in the computer using a Serial ATA connector (or if you computer is old an ATA connector if you can find an ATA DVD drive).
Serial ATA are thin cables that don't hinder airflow inside a case as much as the wide parallel ATA cables do.
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