Is there a difference between ATA/100 and Ultra ATA/100?

[barlav]

Is there a difference between ATA/100 and Ultra ATA/100? Thanks!

 

[Workin']

No. Except one says "Ultra" in front of it and is therefore better from a marketing point of view. Otherwise they are the same.

 

[loogie]

same thing...someone will probably post something like "it doesn't matter, its not like ide drives can reach that. They can barely even reach ata66."

 

[Zach]

You know, it doesn't matter, its not like ide drives can reach that. They can barely even reach ata66.

 

[Noriaki]

Yup big difference. There are 5 letters difference in fact, a U, an L, a T, an R and an A. Functionally they are the same though.

 

[Paul]

What the heck does ATA mean?

 

[jmsazul]

that is the ANSI name for IDE. And ATA means Advanced Technology Attachment.