On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 10:48:22AM -0700, Greywolf wrote:
> CTW> 80 Gig SATA Seagate ST380013AS 8MB cache $137.00
>                          ^^^^^^^^^^
> ST: "Seagate Technology"-''||||||||
>  3: Form Factor Designator-'|||||||
> 80013: Capacity (MB, raw)---'''''||
>  A: ATA -------------------------'|
>  S: ? ----------------------------'

http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/howto/interpret_model.html
has an explanation... the "AS" at the end means Serial ATA.
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