[geeks] So what is a "Frankenmac"?

Joshua D Boyd geeks at sunhelp.org
Mon Nov 26 22:58:58 CST 2001


On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 10:50:40PM -0500, Ken Hansen wrote:
> 1x CD-ROMs operate/transfer data at 150 Kb/s, don't they? (4x are 600
> Kb/s, right?)
> 
> Why would a full straight transfer take more bandwidth than that?

Slight correction there.  1x CDRoms transfer 150k Byte (not bit) per second.
That is 1.2mega bits, a pretty hefty stream on an only 10mbit network.


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Joshua D. Boyd



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