[lug] hard drive speeds

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metcalf at ibm.net wrote:

> Yes, by-and-large SCSI is the champ.  SCSI is outrun by SCSI-2, etc.
> IEEE 1394/Firewire is essentially a souped-up SCSI though I haven't seen
> any Firewire drives yet on the market.  And the adapter makes a difference.
> Several years I got a very book from Adaptec covering the difference in
> their SCSI adapters.  Recently I tried to get a new edition and got the
> run-around. So I drove to their Longmont facility and was told that the
> SCSI people should be contacted in San Jose.  Then I met a couple of Longmont
> employees who claim to be working on SCSI.  Your best bet for updated info
> doesn't seem to be their website (though it may have improved since the
> last time I checked it] but rather finding an informed source in either
> Longmont or San Jose.
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I haven't heard anything about solid state drives in this discussion.