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Article #1420Re: 1Gb+ Optical Drives - What do you Recommend?
From: Ken Brown
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 23:59
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 23:59
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Ken Brown <ken@pine-creek-sw.com> wrote: > PS - You're right. I just looked at Apex' spec, and see that the seek time > given is 1/3 stroke (19ms). I - being the naive consumer that I am - just > assumed that that must be how all specs are given. So how does this compare > to Jaz' seek time of ~11ms? (Do I have to multiply x3? Then my decision is > done; forget Apex!) > Yeah, and Ken Brown should've been paying more attention. Sorry 'bout that. Apparently, Pinnacle Micro has realized the error of their ways (as I have!), and now quote seek time for 1/3 stroke. Don't know what this means, but I'm assuming (again!) that this, then, is the standard measure, and I can compare this number (FWIW) to ~11ms for Jaz, and ~8ms for my HD. Ken
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.teleport.com!usenet From: Ken Brown <ken@pine-creek-sw.com> Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Subject: Re: 1Gb+ Optical Drives - What do you Recommend? Date: 17 Sep 1995 23:59:21 GMT Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Message-ID: <43icop$1qf@maureen.teleport.com> References: <43fr7k$2sk_002@nntp.best.com> <43gjue$k5o@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> <43icgq$1h3@maureen.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-vanc1-27.teleport.com