[net.micro.mac] Disk Drive Benchmark Comments

hamachi@KIM.BERKELEY.EDU (Gordon Hamachi) (04/04/86)

When I sent him a copy of the benchmark program, Dan Clark at SuperMac
Technology sent this reply:

   We ran it and received a score of around 1300.  We verified that the Micah
   was faster under the test.  We have checked out the test and it appears to
   be fair.

   My guess is that the speed "increase" is due to Micah's interface (which
   I believe is different from ours).  Happily, since they claim to boot
   MacWrite in 6.5 secs, and we boot in just under 7, it seems fairly clear to
   us that the Mac is so CPU bound that we won't see much performance
   difference between the two drives, at least not before a 20 Mhz Mac shows
   up!

Disclaimer:  I am not associated with SuperMac technology in any way.  I
don't even know anyone who works for them!