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From: marc@wlcrjs.UUCP (Marc Lavine)
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Subject: Re: Re: UniPress System V for Lisa, reviews?
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Date: Mon, 8-Oct-84 04:29:45 EDT
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> There are disks with more capacity and speed sold by Unipress but they are
> pricey. I think they sell Corvus 20megs and Sunol 15 to 45 megs. They claim
> a four-fold improvement in access times, but I would have to see
> that to believe it.

I think that such increases in speed could be possible in disk-intensive
programs.  The Profile is an awfully slow drive (some people say its the
interface, but I don't know for sure).  Does anyone have any information on
the average access time and data transfer rate of the hard disk drive used in
the Lisa 2/10 system?
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			Marc Lavine
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