Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!world!unixland!bill From: bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi Subject: speed difference on external drives? Message-ID: <1991Feb23.194013.13400@unixland.uucp> Date: 23 Feb 91 19:40:13 GMT Organization: The Think_Tank BBS & Public Access Unix Lines: 11 Does having a SCSI drive external to a 386 system, on a cable several feet long, affect the data transfer rate? Is it significantly better to have the drive mounted internally in the system? Bill -- home: ...!{uunet,bloom-beacon,esegue}!world!unixland!bill bill@unixland.uucp The Think_Tank BBS & Public Access Unix 508-655-3848 (2400) 508-651-8723 (9600-HST) 508-651-8733 (9600-PEP-V32) other: heiser@world.std.com