Re: CD-Rom vs 1/2 inch tape

[Vernon Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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


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