Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:01:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: <dochawk@psu.edu>, FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: which is faster zip drive under FreeBSD: usb or parallel? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0106260959030.26804-100000@q.closedsrc.org> In-Reply-To: <20010626181158.E81113@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On 2001-06-26, j mckitrick scribbled: # Guess i should stop being greedy, and be happy with my parallel zip 250. # :-) I would stick with it... it's fast for that kind of a drive and is still rather portable. # I thought about buying the USB 250, but that would only make sense if it # were significantly faster. It depends, but the speed difference isn't 3-5x faster (again, it depends on the configuration of the parallel port, the cable quality, and for the USB drive, how many other USB devices contending for the 1.5MBps shared bandwidth). I just like not having to lug around a wall wart and have it work immediately in FreeBSD (and in Windows, and Mac OS). -- Linh Pham [lplist@closedsrc.org] // 404b - Brain not found To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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