I doubt even people who used (P)ATA drives understand it. I remember explaining the Primary\Secondary and Slave\Master bits. I stopped because the recipient was nearing a mental breakdown, or something.
And with good reason. Man, that shit was annoying.
Also, how many hard drives last 12 years of daily use?
No it wasn’t.
And if PC is just a “lean, mean F-book machine”, or one from some government office, it could last that long.
I doubt even people who used (P)ATA drives understand it. I remember explaining the Primary\Secondary and Slave\Master bits. I stopped because the recipient was nearing a mental breakdown, or something.
And with good reason. Man, that shit was annoying.
Also, how many hard drives last 12 years of daily use?
No it wasn’t.
And if PC is just a “lean, mean F-book machine”, or one from some government office, it could last that long.