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From: mtaht@uunet.uu.net (Michael Taht)
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Subject: Re: Cheap ~100Mbyte 3.5" SCSI winchester recommendations?
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 197, message 9

Cheap != FAST

The fastest <100 MB 3 1/2 drives are 3x the speed of the cheapest <100 MB
drives, due to the fact that they have caches on-board.

Who? Quantum, mostly. 

How much more? 20-30% more money.

Michael Taht
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