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

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From: speedmaster
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 00:00
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Tom Bird wrote:
> 
> Tim Stannard <Tim@adhoc.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
> <Czx7BGA37yg0Ewqh@adhoc.demon.co.uk>...
> > In article <34824337.CAA79322@prodigy.net>, Jason <jneus@prodigy.net>
> > writes
> >
> > <SNIPS>
> >
> > > Me, I just like the fact that I can hook up to 32 devices to one
> > >controller.  I'll never have that many, but, you never know.  8^>
> > >
> >
> > And I bet once upon a time you never thought you'd need 16Mb RAM or fill
> > a 500Mb Hard Disk either <BG>
> 
> I remember thinking about the daunting task of filling a 250  or using all
> the processing power of a DX2/50 or indeed, needing any more than 8Mb RAM -
> ahhhh, 1992, them was the days.
> 
> Now I have 8 squared of RAM (64 for the mathematically challenged) and even
> that gets tight with PhotoShop!
> 
> TB
Well after all a simply NO were the best answer.
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From: speedmaster <asalerno@g26.ethz>
Subject: Re: Is it possible to actually get a 16 MB/sec data transfer rate w/ an EIDE drive?
Date: 1997/12/10
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