IBM Thinkpad R52 R52Thinkpad n - how do I know if it is SATA or IDE

Hi, I am CERTAINLY not a tech person, so if anyone can help, it is greatly appreciated.

I have an IBM Thinkpad R52. It has a CD / DVD drive inside (excuse my gross terminology). In my old laptop, I removed the internal DVD burner. Looking to buy a case for him to make it an external DVD burner to connect to my thinkpad. The provider may wonder if I need a SATA or IDE one...? I have no idea!

Any help? Seems a waste for me as the old DVD burner is fine and recovered from the old laptop... trying to save myself $100!

Thank you very much.

PATA or what they call IDE is what you have and you need to.

SATA came up R400 and R500.

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