Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 17:47:04 +0000 From: "Matt Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Transfer speeds revisited but again - Firewire
From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I guess it depends ... if you're going to be using firewire on your libretto (through a firewire PCMCIA card) then the point is moot -
the bottleneck is still there (you're still going through the PCMCIA interface).
Oh yeah... I'm talking about using one on the Libby. I recall people discussing it on the list here along with USB2, and just assumed people were getting faster transfer speeds.
That plus from what I understand, the PCMCIA interface, at a hardware level, is at least as fast, if not faster than your hard drive anyway.
Hmmm... rereading your last comment above, I'm not sure what you're saying. On one hand it sounds like you're saying the PCMCIA port will limit transfer speed. But then you're talking about HDD speed which, esp. on this new 5400 rpm Hitachi, you're talking about the PCMCIA port being, "..at least as fast, if not faster than your hard drive anyway."
Wouldn't a firewire PC card with an onboard controller speed up the connections between the PCMCIA interface with the HDD over what the CPU is capable of? People have been putting firewire and USB2 cards in their Libbys haven't they? I'd think they must be speeding things up noticeably.
Matt
But from what you were saying in your post (link to archives below), I was assuming that the on-board controllers on the firewire and USB2 cards would make a significant difference in transfer speeds through the PCMCIA port... no?
Opps... forgot to clip the end of my last post... tsk... tsk...
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