Re: Is it possible to actually get a 16 MB/sec data transfer rate w/ an EIDE drive?

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From: jturner
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 00:00

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On Wed, 24 Dec 1997 08:15:36 GMT, address-in-sig@spam.me.not (John
Turton) wrote:

>On Wed, 24 Dec 1997 01:56:45 GMT, cquirke@iafrica.com (Chris Quirke)
>wrote:
>
>
>>BTW do Dell still do HX chipset mobos with no SIMM slots?  Poor users
>>have to pay a premium for slower EDO DIMMs.  Stupidity redefined.
>>
>
>Aren't DIMMS newer *and* faster than SIMMS though?
>-----
>John Turton    <shadowfire at bigfoot dot com>
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The newest DIMMS, which are SDRAM are indeed newer and faster then
conventional EDO SIMMS (10ns vs 60ns). The DIMMS that the DELL HX
chipset boards support are only EDO (HX will not do SDRAM), and
therefore just more expensive.

Myrrdin

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Subject: Re: Is it possible to actually get a 16 MB/sec data transfer rate w/ an EIDE drive?
Date: 1997/12/24
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