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From: truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Fastest Disk for IIci
Message-ID: <1989Nov13.224738.22909@paris.ics.uci.edu>
Date: 14 Nov 89 06:47:38 GMT
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kempf@tci.bell-atl.com (Cory Kempf) writes:

>jmm@skivs.UUCP (Joel M. Miller) writes:

>>What is the fastest (best mean access time and transfer rate) large
>>(~300 MByte) fixed disk, suitable for the IIci?

>>When I was last in the market, I was impressed with the FWB (?) "Hammmer"
>>line of disks, which offered some sort of cashing scheme.

The FWB boxes house CDC Wrens.

>At MacWorld Boston, there was one company that was using a pair of 
>CDC Wren Runners (10ms) in tandem, which gave them a 5 ms access time.
>Is that fast enough?  

MicroNet Technology offers that setup. They also have a very clean way
of packing 5.25" drives into the IIcx and ci boxes. Talk to Charles
McConnathy (president of MicroNet) about REAL drive performance some
time. His premise is that access time is just a small part of the real
world performance.  5.25" drives simple do less seeking than 3.5"
drives and at any given time, have more data "under the heads" ready to
read. This has the effect of dramatically increasing throughput during
normal useage (not just tests).

They can be reached at:
  MicroNet Technology, Inc
  20 Mason 
  Irvine, CA  92718
  (714) 837-6033

  --scott

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Scott Truesdell