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From: rokicki@navajo.STANFORD.EDU (Tomas Rokicki)
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Subject: Re: Sidecar rumors, can anyone confirm?
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Date: Fri, 19-Sep-86 15:34:22 EDT
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Summary: Disk copy speed

> I'm told that  disk  to  disk,  a  5Mbyte copy  took 15 minutes. That is
> surprising. Hey, Jim. If BbB has switched to a  new controller we're all
> ears. If not, and they're still showing a dead product well then....
> 
> Perry S. Kivolowitz

Howdy, Perry!

	If that is under 1.1, it is surprising; surprisingly FAST.
5M in 15 minutes is 5.6K per second.  Copying a file from place to
place on a floppy will run between 400 and 450 bytes per second on
a 1.1 system due to the constant head seeks.  This is fixed under
1.2, so floppy to floppy transfers run at a much more reasonable
3.3K per second.  Let's see how that drive performs under 1.2, and
judge it then.

					-Tom