What type of interface for replacement optical drive?

I have a white, NOT unibody Macbook, model MacBook5,2.
The optical drive is broken, and it's out of warranty.
Happily, I'm not squeamish about swapping it out myself. However, I'm finding conflicting info online about what kind of drive I actually need. I would just do a like-for-like replacement, but the Matshita UJ-867A comes in PATA and SATA flavors. System Profiler says the drive is connected to the SATA bus, but discussions of the older Macbooks (MacBook1-4,1) are unambiguous about the drive being PATA.
Moreover, several parts retailers list a SATA->PATA converter as an optical drive accessory.
So before I rip the sucker open to see what kind of optical drive I need, can anybody with some Apple Repair experience tell me for sure?
Thanks in advance.

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