[geeks] scsi notebook drives

Peter L. Wargo pwargo at basenji.com
Sat Jun 8 18:23:30 CDT 2002


On Saturday, June 8, 2002, at 08:00 AM, Eric Dittman wrote:

>> You had to be there.  I remember when it was released, we were all
>> popping big, chubby ones.  Especially the science types, as a 40MHz
>> 68040 with FPU was amazingly fast in 1990 terms.  Most UNIX workstation
>> were still 68030 as well (and lower speed!), the SPARCstation was just
>> really starting to take off, this was damn near the speed of a SPARC 1
>> (10 MIPS .vs. 12.5), and ran Mac apps, of which there were a bunch.
>
> The IIfx had a 40MHz 68030, not 68040.

I know, keyboard slip.  (If you notice, I say "68030 as well" a bit 
later on.)

-Pete



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