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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
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Subject: Re: Hard disk through parallel port
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Date: Thu, 18-Dec-86 01:30:13 EST
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>vs. non DMA disks is currently limited by AmigaDOS, which can only chug 
>through about 35K/Sec. So, a disk on the parallel port, if designed correctly,
>will get you at least close to that limit and a DMA disk cannot surpass
>that limit (at least not the ones that currently exist). Of course, if
>you're not using AmigaDOS, that's another story...

	Actually, if you take RAM: timing as the theoretical maximum, it's
more around 150-200K/Sec.

					-Matt