>Date: Mon, 20 Nov 95 17:00:25 PST
>From: greywolf@defender.VAS.viewlogic.com (Open Carefully -- Contents Under Pressure)

>Could someone clarify what ATAPI is all about, i.e., what does the acronym
>represent?

ATAPI stands for "ATA Packet Interface."
ATA stands for "AT Attachment."
The AT comes from the IBM PC AT, which was the first PC to use what
eventually became the ATA standard.
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