Re: TI-H: USB Link

Re: TI-H: USB Link

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• Subject: Re: TI-H: USB Link
• From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
• Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 15:12:06 -0800 (AKDT)
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>Grant Stockly wrote:
>
>> >In a message dated 8/20/98 12:25:10 PM EDT, pilotcar@iserv.net writes:
>> >
>> >> The USB ports should replace the serial ports, but not SCSI.  SCSI is
>> >>  faster.
>> >And for most people, harder to hook up.  Plus - who REALLY notices the
>> >difference in speed?  Honestly, the speed difference between
>> >IDE/EIDE/UDMA/SCSI/USB is nothing!
>>
>> IDE - 16MBPS
>> EIDE/UDMA - 33MBPS
>> SCSI - 40MBPS
>> USB - 12MBPS
>>
>
>Is that in MBps or Mbps (bytes or bits) I presume the last.
>And no the simple soul doesn't notice that difference because they usually
>get a cheap @$$ SCSI drive which doesn't even make it up to 16 Mbps.

Cheep?  I got two 40MBPS 4GB drives for $150 from www.onsale.com and I can
clock them at 39.2MBPS.

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