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maurices@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Maurice Shihadi) writes:
> gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn) writes:
> >
> >The Pinnacle-based 128meg MO drives have access times down in the
> >19ms range, which makes them quite nice.  (I intend to order one
> >next week...).   [etc]
>
> I'm not possitive about my specs as they are not handy but the way I
> understand it the MOST 256meg 3.5' mechanism is the fastest when comparing
> seek time and data transfer rate.  The Pinnacle-based drive uses DRAM
> to buffer data enough to give a better access time but I don't think that
> the over all data transfer rate is any better than other 128 meg opticals
> with the exception of DGR's turbo 128 (uses a MOST 128 mechanism).

I can't help but wonder if you are refering to the earlier 128meg MO drive  
from Pinnacle.  The new one (which has just started shipping in the last few  
weeks, I believe) is faster than the MOST mechanisms.  I don't have the  
specs here right now, but maybe someone who does could list them.  It seemed  
to me that the Pinnacle had better performance no matter how you wanted to  
measure it.

I just wish I could get that performance on a drive that supports 256meg (or  
larger) capacity!  :-)        (on a 3.5" cartridge, that is)

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Garance Alistair Drosehn     =     gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu
ITS Systems Programmer            (handles NeXT-type mail)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;           Troy NY    USA