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<wob_jonas> slashlearn ior//"ior" is Old English for "or".
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date Fri, 13 Oct 2017 23:39:08 +0000
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ATA is the new name for what old-timers know as IDE, a bus connecting the motherboard to hard disks or CD/DVD drives. ATA has a 40 pin socket and a 80 wire ribbon cable connecting up to two drives to a motherboard socket.