What can you tell me about a Ata 133 hard drive?

Answer by  murali680 (559)

ATA 133 hard drive is one of the oldest models. In this drive, ATA referred to the interface specification and 133 referrers to maximum transfer rate with unit of MB/s.

Answer by  madcookie83 (65)

Many different companies produce them, Samsung, maxtor, etc. However this type of hard drive do come in somewhat decent sizes. (I've seen up to 500GB) The 133 menas Maximum transfer rate (MB/sec) Regular Serial ATA has a higher transfer, but the 133 can do more work, and do it faster.

Answer by  john11 (617)

If you want to hook one one, you need a cable called an IDE cable since the drive is a PATA drive.

Answer by  gyles19 (126)

ATA 133 hard drives are old technology that is now difficult to find. 'ATA' referred to the interface specification, and '133' was the bus speed at which the drive operated.