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

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From: Eric van Bezooijen
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 00:00

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In article <66dmbn$oj3@mtinsc02.worldnet.att.net>,
Ron Reaugh <Ron-Reaugh@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>
>John Kotches <jkotches@pobox.com> wrote in article
><34899966.B65AB640@pobox.com>...
>> Ron Reaugh wrote:
>> > 
>> > Jason <jneus@prodigy.net> wrote in article
>> > <34824337.CAA79322@prodigy.net>...

[ lossy compression ]

>> You keep making these claims about how great EIDE is.  Would you
>> mind pointing us towards some benchmarks which validate your
>> claims?  As it is, you're statements are just words on the screen
>> with no backup to establish validity to them.
>
>See:  http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/9892/nt4.htm

Hmm, I read that, and my interpretation of those benchmarks is that
IDE drives use twice as much of your CPU during a disk operation.  I'm
glad I have SCSI in my system!

-Eric
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From: eric@godzilla.berkeley.edu (Eric van Bezooijen)
Subject: Re: Is it possible to actually get a 16 MB/sec data transfer rate w/ an EIDE drive?
Date: 1997/12/08
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