Re: CD-ROMs: a theoretical upper limit?

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

sagochangi@aol.com (Sagochangi) wrote:

>I've heard of 1x and 2x, even 4x CD-ROMs being used successfully with the
IIgs.
>But is there a speed limit past which the SCSI controller can't keep up?

More likely there is no real need for a speed above 4x on a IIGS.

However, my 2x CD-ROM seems much faster on my IIGS than a
1x CD-ROM I tried to connect.  I am SURE 4x will be faster on
the IIGS.  Why?  Because my Iomega Zip Drive is like a million
times faster than that 2x CD-ROM!  And my 1GB hard drive is
a million times faster than the Zip Drive.  Yes, I'm exaggerating,
but you get the picture.

If my 1GB SCSI hard drive seems so much faster than 2x CD-ROM,
how can it NOT keep up with faster CD-ROMs?  It runs the
hard drive faster!