Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 05:28:58 -0500 From: "Nick Rees" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] USB Card
Hi Matt, > > I can be slow at wrapping my undertsanding around some basic stuff... but > you have a "drive built into" your "Sony DVD/CDRW"? Or a 128MB Memory stick > "built into" your "Sony DVD/CDRW"? > > Don't say I didn't warn you... ;-P > I wondered if that might cause confusion! Okay, the drive is a Sony CRXP-90MU USB2.0 DVD/CDRW with a Memory Stick slot. Basically two drives in one (a big reason for me getting it as it saves me from using my Clie as the MS drive all the time). Look it up if you like, might make things a bit clearer. It's a silver drive, squarish, slightly larger than a regular CD. > > > As I recall,I can fill up my 340MB microdrive with MP3s in about 7 > >minutes > > > with my USB 1.1. That works out to 4.8MB/min which is pretty slow > > > considering the maximum optimaized transfer depending on system hardware > >for > > > USB1.1 is rated at 1.5MB/sec. That's MB as in Bytes, not Mb as bits. > > > >I think my MS drive made about 18MB/min . . . > > I'm guessing you saw my follow-up correcting 4.8MB/min to 48MB/Min or > 48MB/sec, right? 18MB/min is slower than what I saw for my USB1.1 > transfer. As I recall, Lawrence was pointing out that CPU speed was likely > to be the limiting factor for USB2.0 transfer time. It'll be interesting to > see what is reported. Yes I did get your follow up message, but I thought it best to post the results in this one. I've heard that MS read rates are pretty slow anyway, and write operations are half the speed again . . . > > >I'll get my hands on my brother's Zen and see what I can get it to do . > > I know D.T. Suzuki, but for some reason I'd guess you're referring to the > Nomad Jukebox Zen (...had to do a Google search... I'd forgotten it was an > MP3 player). Yeah... it has a USB2.0 interface. That ought to be an > interesting test. Yes, it's a Nomad Zen . . . just used to saying 'Zen' so much I assumed people would know what i'm talking about! My brother has been trying it on his new Dell with USB2.0 and it's says it's FAST . . . A prime subject for testing I think! > > >.. . results won't be till sunday though! > > Unless you 1st take your quite portable Libby to him! Oh I shall be . . . he's posted to the RAF base in the backend of Scotland, I live in Cheshire and i'm meeting him in Lincolnshire on Thursday/Friday for his passing out ceremony. So it'll be lots of quick tests over the few days i'll be seeing him. Good job i've got a very portable machine . . . > > One way or the other, keep us posted. Will do! Stay tuned to this channel for more fantastic news yet to come! > > Matt (Beginning to load everything back onto the 20GB, and just live with > the 1st partition Ghost problem) You'd have a fit at my setup : 233MMX 64MB RAM 40GB Hitachi/IBM Travelstar - 8GB 'C' 10GB 'D' 4GB 'E' 10GB 'F' ~5.3GB 'G' (rest of disk) XP Pro (with lots and lots of cutdowns found on the web - actually runs pretty well) Nick. ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
