17 May
2013
17 May
'13
4:40 p.m.
On May 17, 2013, at 17:12, "Cory Smelosky" <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
Well, since ATAPI is (if you wave your hands enough) SCSI over
ATA, let's just say ATA. Its heritage as a super-cheap way of
integrating the disk controller into the disk itself, a lot of their
shortcuts sort of make sense (even if they're not nice).
- Dave
Once you get
beyond that very low-level stuff, ATA isn't too bad.
Amateurish and simplistic, but not too bad.
Are we talking ATA-proper, or ATAPI?