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Gary At 09:19 AM 4/27/1998 -0400, you wrote: >Wiesmayr Rudolf wrote: >> >> It depends. >> >> The first CDROM drives shipped were 4 speed, >> i.e. 4 * 150 kB = 600 kByte per second >> MAXIMUM theoretical read speed. >> >> New machines (6xx generation) come with 8 speed drives, >> which makes 1.2 MByte per second. >> >Was I correct in stating that the 3590 reads 9Meg a second? If so, that >quite a bit faster than the CD-rom. No CD-ROM will be as fast as a hard drive. As far as I can tell, none of the __X speed ratings are very meaningful. Cheers Vernon Hamberg Systems Software Programmer Old Republic National Title Insurance Company 400 Second Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55401-2499 (612) 371-1111 x480 +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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