[comp.sys.amiga] Speed of Quatum Hard disks

csbrod@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod ) (06/27/90)

jol@sei.cmu.edu (Jun Lee) writes:

>Hi.

>Can anyone tell what the access speed(s) are for the following 
>Quantum drives:

>	Q80S		80 megs
>	Q40S		40 megs

Both have av access times of about 19 ms (official value, I measure
about 20 to 24 ms) and transfer rates of about 800 KB/s. These are
values derived from a Quantum-equipped ST but they should be valid
for Amigas with a decent SCSI controller, too.

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