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Doc. No.: PR/97-138
Reply to: Barbara Bennett at bbennett@itic.nw.dc.us
Washington D.C., November 1997 - NCITS Announces the Public Comment Period for AT Attachment with Packet Interface Extension (ATA/ATAPI-4). Development of this draft standard is being done in technical committee T13, I/O Interface - AT Attachment.
The public review extends from December 5, 1997 to February 3, 1998.
This standard specifies the AT Attachment Interface between host systems and storage devices. It provides a common attachment interface for systems manufacturers, system integrators, software suppliers, and suppliers of intelligent storage devices.
The application environment for the AT Attachment Interface is any host system that has storage devices contained within the processor enclosure.
This standard defines the connectors and cables for physical interconnection between host and storage device, as well as, the electrical and logical characteristics of the interconnecting signals. It also defines the operational registers within the storage device, and the commands and protocols for the operation of the storage device.
This standard maintains a high degree of compatibility with the AT Attachment-3 Interface standard (ATA-3), X3.298-1997, and while providing additional functions, is not intended to require changes to presently installed devices or existing software.
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