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Re: Seagate 1.08

Date:11:37 am Mon Nov 6, 1995
Number:#37
From:Dark Vibration
Base:Commercials
To:Arioch
Subj:Re: Seagate 1.08
A> 3mb a second!??!!?!?!?!? That's just plain bullshit... If it was only
A> running at 3mb a second then the system was fucked or the drive was bad out
A> of the factory.. maybe that's why they are going for 315$.. With the WD 1.2
A> or 1.6gb drives they do 11mb per second if they are setup correctly.. almost
A> any drive on a DX4 (PCI) will do at least 10mb per second, without any
A> software caching involved.

Internally maybe, but if you can find me a drive that will run 11megs a second
over a standard drive cable to another drive, it would be running on a risk
with plantinum coated connectors, at 3mb's a second is really impressive.

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A> 3mb a second!??!!?!?!?!? That's just plain bullshit... If it was only        
A> running at 3mb a second then the system was fucked or the drive was bad out  
A> of the factory.. maybe that's why they are going for 315$.. With the WD 1.2  
A> or 1.6gb drives they do 11mb per second if they are setup correctly.. almost 
A> any drive on a DX4 (PCI) will do at least 10mb per second, without any       
A> software caching involved.                                                   
                                                                                
Internally maybe, but if you can find me a drive that will run 11megs a second  
over a standard drive cable to another drive, it would be running on a risk     
with plantinum coated connectors, at 3mb's a second is really impressive.