On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 05:39:13PM -0500, Kenneth R. Mort wrote:
> Were those on the ibmZ50 workpad?

no, x86 boxes with CF-> IDE adapters. 
spinning disks are such garbage these days that we wanted something more
reliable.

> I wonder if the z50 has a thru-put max that makes certain 
> high speed CF non-relavant.

no idea. bonnie++ anyone?

> A lexar ad said: 1x=150KB/sec

ah. so it's compared to 1x CD-ROM speed. (much lower seek time of course).

Carl.
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