Re: RamFast vs. Focus

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <6ct8ij$8mo$1@newssvr07-int.news.prodigy.com>,
Sandy  <compuser@prodigy.net> wrote:
>It seems like I get to the Finder alot faster with my Focus hard drive,
>than with my Zip 100 megabyte Drive connected to a RamFast SCSI card.

   The Zip drive was built to favor portability, removable media, and
durability, at the expense of speed. That's where most of your
slowdown occurs-- it's about a 25ms drive, I think. Get a real HD if
you want to benchmark the actual cards.

Nathan Mates

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