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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hard Drive Controllers
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Date: 21 Apr 89 23:36:05 GMT
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In <2030176@hpcilzb.HP.COM>, daves@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Dave Scroggins) writes:
> Along these same lines -- what do folks recommend when it comes to
> the drives themselves? I am droolong (slobber) over the prospect
> of getting a 2000 soon. I would like to know the advantages or
> disadvantages of the 3.5" vs 5.25" hard drives. 
> (ie 40 MB vs 65MB) I'm leaning toward the 5.25" so far.

> The access times are said to be the same, about 40 ms. (I think)

Huh? 3.5" drives come in many sizes and access times, as do 5 1/4" drives. My
smallest 3.5" is 10 megs, the same as my smallest 5 1/4" drive. My largest 3.5"
drive is 96 megs, which is 20 megs more than my largest 5 1/4" inch drive.

The physical size, within the price range that most hobbyists are likely to
want, doesn't make a whole lot of difference, except for the amount of room
they take up.

Likewise for access times... they are all over the map, in both 3.5 and 5 1/4".

-larry

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