Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!lethe!torsqnt!tmsoft!masnet!canremote!bill.harnell
From: bill.harnell@canremote.uucp (BILL HARNELL)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: External 3.5" drive for X
Message-ID: <89100103302956@masnet.uucp>
Date: 29 Sep 89 07:49:00 GMT
Organization: Canada Remote Systems Limited, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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MT>You can't run a 1.44 mb 3.5" from an XT.  The data xfer rate is too
MT>slow.  You can run a 720.

BH>     If you examine the logic of your statement you'll probably
        find that an XT can't run a hard drive either, because the
        transfer rate capabilities are too low. We all know that this
        is not so. You'd probably be hard pressed to interface a fast
        I/O device on the parallel port of an XT since transfer rates
        from there can exceed many hard drive capabilities. You simply
        must use a controller that can handle the drive. 
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 ~ DeLuxe 1.11a10 #138  Bill Harnell, SYSOP, Mail Logic BBS