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From: wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (William M. Bumgarner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Disk transfer speed (was Re: Some Answers, straight from NeXT)
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Date: 26 Oct 88 18:13:22 GMT
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>> Are you sure that's not 4.8M-BITS/second?   From what I understand of the
>> technology, if they are using a single laser the upper limit on reliable
>> data transfer is 5Mbits a second, or was so just a few months ago (ref:

The Floptical Drive is not on the SCSI port.  It goes through its own
controller.  SCSI speed is independent of the Floptical port speed.

b.bum
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