In article <42DD3389.1000304@macfinity.net>,
	Timo Schoeler <timo.schoeler@macfinity.net> writes:
> isn't NCQ only available in SATA II, not SATA (I)?

Yes, it's only available in SATA II.

> furthermore there were lots of other (SCSI) features (S)ATA still lacks...

Locking up the SCSI bus because of a unit number conflict?
Termination problems? ;-)

The big advantage of SATA over any kind of SCSI or FCAL is that it uses
P2P connections. As a result devices never have to fight for bandwith.

	Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                                  http://scheler.de/~matthias/