Serial ATA (SATA) was introduced in 2003 and brought many improvements including smaller, less expensive cables, native hot-swapping, and faster data rates. Within five years of replacing PATA ...

and disk drives used a parallel ATA (PATA) cable to connect to the motherboard. See Centronics and SATA. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

Not one to be constrained by specifications, Montac decided to construct an ATA cable that was well over the 18 inch maximum length. PATA cables use 80 conductor wire, even though they only have ...