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From: hcj@lzsc.ATT.COM (HC Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Seek Speed
Summary: 70 ms seek is S L O W
Message-ID: <1496@lzsc.ATT.COM>
Date: 26 Mar 90 16:40:40 GMT
References: <6174.260b7429@umiami.miami.edu>
Organization: AT&T BL Middletown/Lincroft NJ USA
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In article <6174.260b7429@umiami.miami.edu>, frachel@umiami.miami.edu writes:
> I am planning on buying a hard drive, and was wondering what is
> the slowest I should get?  The ones I have seen range from 24ms to
> 70ms.  Of course, the faster, the more expensive.. So I am looking for
> a median.  How slow is 70ms?  The drive in question is the Seagate
> 250N
You will find 70 MS to be S L O W.  But, then its a LOT faster than a floppy.

Really, you will be happier with 18-28 ms drives, but poorer.

Howard C. Johnson
ATT Bell Labs
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