Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site wlcrjs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!wlcrjs!marc From: marc@wlcrjs.UUCP (Marc Lavine) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.68k Subject: Re: Re: UniPress System V for Lisa, reviews? Message-ID: <362@wlcrjs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Oct-84 04:29:45 EDT Article-I.D.: wlcrjs.362 Posted: Mon Oct 8 04:29:45 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Oct-84 02:44:35 EDT References: <1190@pucc-h> <231@pertec.UUCP> <815@dual.UUCP> <388@orion.UUCP> Organization: chi-net, Public Access UN*X, Chicago IL Lines: 14 > 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? -- Marc Lavine uucp: ...ihnp4!wlcrjs!marc MCI Mail: MLavine (174-4419)