Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!inria!laas!ralph From: ralph@laas.laas.fr (Ralph P. Sobek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Megafile 30 (was Re: Question about the new Atari harddisks) Summary: Speed kills! Message-ID: <254@laas.laas.fr> Date: 28 Nov 88 16:21:42 GMT References: <804@yugas.UUCP> Organization: LAAS-CNRS Toulouse France Lines: 25 In article <804@yugas.UUCP>, julius@yugas.UUCP (Julius OKLAMCAK) writes: | The new hard drives are the MEGAFILE *30* and MEGAFILE 60. Is the 60 out, available, yet? | The '30' uses an ST-238R with an RLL controller and the '60' uses an RLL | rated 3650 with an RLL controller. Step rates aren't in the sub-40 | millisecond range, but neither can my car go from 0-100 km/h in under 6 | seconds... Our local store (the one that brought you Turbodos) has MEGAFILE 30's in stock. The only thing that they said that differs is that the speed is the same as the SH205 and SH204: 60 msec! Does anyone have anything more precise? I thought it somewhat slow. You know, 0-100 km/h in around 30 secs. :-) I hope to be corrected! -- Ralph P. Sobek Disclaimer: The above ruminations are my own. ralph@laas.laas.fr Addresses are ordered by importance. ralph@lasso.uucp, or ...!uunet!mcvax!lasso!ralph If all else fails, try: SOBEK@FRMOP11.BITNET sobek@eclair.Berkeley.EDU