Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.hardware:3234 comp.sys.mac:54155
Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!ndcvb!cartan!ndmath!milo
From: milo@ndmath.UUCP (Greg Corson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Hard disk benchmarks for Mac IIfx?
Keywords: disk, fx
Message-ID: <1800@ndmath.UUCP>
Date: 3 May 90 16:59:04 GMT
Organization: Math. Dept., Univ. of Notre Dame
Lines: 20

Has anyone seen any benchmarks of hard disks yet that include performance
figures for the Mac IIfx?  I'm getting ready to buy one and I'm wondering
if I can get a faster transfer rate on my SCSI disk by getting a CDC Wren-runner
drive instead of the usual apple Quantum.

I've heard the standard Apple Quantum drive is no faster on an FX than it
is on a CI...does anyone know this to be true?  If it is true, it would
seem the drive is the bottleneck and having a faster unit like a
Wren-Runner would give you better disk transfer rates.

If anyone has done any benchmarking of FX drives (particularly compairing
their performance against a CI or Mac IIx) I'd like to hear about it.

Greg Corson
19141 Summers Drive
South Bend, IN 46637
(219) 277-5306
{uunet, rutgers}!iuvax!ndmath!milo
milo@ndmath
GEnie:  GCORSON