Hi Could someone very basically explain to me what is the difference between ATA - ATAPI - IDE etc. I am looking at adding a HD and CDRW to my 8600 Sonnet Crescendo G3 300 and am confused as to the card I need. I have a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 60GB ATA 133 HDD and a LaCie CD-RW that says it takes a IDE connector. The HD came with a Maxtor ATA/133 PCI card but from the software and their website it seems the card is for Windoze only. I guess I'd have to format the HD for Macintosh. The CDRW was supposed to be for a Mac. It says ROM Ver: 5.32
Thanks to any that can help
For the most part, unless you are designing the hardware, the three connection standards ATA, ATAPI, and IDE are interchangeable. The three all use the same physical cable. The IDE hardware will generally be older, while ATA is the newer. ATAPI is physically the same as ATA with additions to support CD/DVD drives. What you need to acquire is a PCI-ATA card for the Macintosh that specifically supports CD drives.
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