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- Path: grafix.xs4all.nl!john.hendrikx
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 96 22:32:29 GMT+1
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- Subject: Re: A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!
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- From: john.hendrikx@grafix.xs4all.nl (John Hendrikx)
- Message-ID: <john.hendrikx.48lt@grafix.xs4all.nl>
- Organization: Grafix Attack BBS Holland
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- In a message of 22 Jan 96 Maxwell Daymon wrote to All:
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- MD> James McArthur (jamesm@turtle.apana.org.au) wrote:Hang on a sec; cant
- MD> the zip be connected to the parallel port? If so, whydoesnt someone
- MD> write a parallel driver for it, and bundle it with all new Amiga
- MD> packs??
-
- MD> Performance is terrible, for one.
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- MD> Parallel Zip: 20MB/minute
- MD> SCSI Zip: 60MB/minute
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- 300K/s is quite good performance through the parallel port. But I doubt you'll
- get that kind of speed through the Amiga's parallel port.
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- MD> Another good reason for SCSI on the motherboard.
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- Definitely :-)
-
- Grtz John
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