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<oerjan> learn `3 is the crazy sibling of `1, `2, `4 and `5.
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date Sat, 20 May 2017 08:09:52 +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.