At 23:18 +0200 on 12/08/02, Marten van de Kraats wrote: >How fast a cd rom player can a vintage Mac handle? I've a IIfx, a >IIci, a Quad 700 and a Quad 840av. I've got 2 cd rom players (one >sits inside the Quad 840av), but I'm not very much inpressed by the >speed of this beast... The 840av itself is pleasantly speedy, but the >cd player is slow. Copying the contents over ethernet goes faster... >That just doesn't seem right to me.
Keep in mind the SCSI in most pre-PPC Macs* can't do any more than about 5MBps real-world speeds, which is...hrmmm...I forget what the conversion is exactly - 150KBps = 1x CD-ROM? That'd make 5MBps a 33x CD-ROM, but most CD-ROMs past 16x are rated on their *max* transfer rate, not their *average* transfer rate. I dunno...prly won't be overkill to stick a 24x drive on there, but I have my doubts about how much better 24x drives are than, say, 8x drives even on Macs that have no problem handling those SCSI speeds. *Most can't even do 5MBps and are limited to more in the region of 2MBps or so. -- the pickle FAQ <http://macfaq.org/index.shtml> Software Archive <ftp://download:[EMAIL PROTECTED]//Users/thepickl/Sites/Archive/> <http://www.members.jmug.org/%7Ethepickl/archive/> _________________________________________________________________ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
