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- From: taob@terranet.cts.com (Brian Tao)
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- Subject: Hard drive access times
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- Date: 13 Aug 92 08:21:06 GMT
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- isc10327@nusunix2.nus.sg (ONG TAT-WEE) writes...
- >
- >By comparison, I'm using an Apple High-Speed SCSI, Zip GS (9/32) and a
- >105 meg Quantum LPS harddisk and I got 0.81 ms for linear read! Does
- >this mean that an Apple High-Speed SCSI plus Zip GSX (9/32)
- >combination beats a RamFast and Zip combo?
-
- Quantum's do achieve very low access times because of their
- caching mechanism (which may be better than Conner's). What kind of
- transfer rates do you get? You probably notice that more than a
- difference of a quarter millisecond linear access time. ;-)
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