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- From: prospero@internet-eireann.ie (L Mac Mullan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Zip External (Parallel Port)
- Date: 29 Jan 96 15:19:09 +0000
- Organization: Internet Eireann
- Message-ID: <660.6602T919T460@internet-eireann.ie>
- References: <9601261720.AA00083@dhall.demon.co.uk> <9601271500.AA000rn@girvan.demon.co.uk> <4eep85$su1@nntp.interaccess.com>
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- In message <4eep85$su1@nntp.interaccess.com> Mike Hartigan
- (hartigan@flowbee.interaccess.com) wrote:
-
- >More importantly, even the folks who make the ZIP drive acknowledge that
- >the SCSI version is 2-5 times faster than the parallel port version. That's
- >a SERIOUS performance consideration!
-
- Strange that, I have a Scsi Zip on my 68000 powered 2000 whcih gets ~950-990
- Kb/sec as I would expect. However I also have a Parallel Zip on a 75 Mhz
- P5 which does ~1.3 Mb/sec. On the other hand it does have a seriously fast ECP
- parallel port.
-
- L Mac Mullan (prospero@internet-eireann.ie, prospero@indigo.ie)
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