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From: mph@rover.UUCP (Mark Huth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Cheap disk drives
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Date: Mon, 16-Nov-87 12:10:23 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 16 12:10:23 1987
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In article <33847@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes:
>to go from where you are, to where you want to be. Seagate drives are pigs
>and have access times of 85 milleseconds, Maxtor drives are much quicker
Seagate 225 (st506 20MB drives) have average access time of 65 ms.
Seagate 251 (st506 40MB drives) have average access time of 40 ms.

These are from the spec sheets.

Larger drives tend to be faster, as they are made from newer
technology.

Mark Huth