> >Using *ANY* floppy on a PowerMac is painfully slow. When I was getting
> >ready to move from my 8500/180 to my G4/450 AGP I wanted to image a large
> >number of floppies that I had. I ended up doing the imaging on my
> >PowerBook 540c, transfering them via ethernet to the 8500 and burning them
> >to CD. That was a *LOT* faster than doing the reading directly on the 8500.
>
> I've seen no speed issues with floppy disks on any of my PowerMacs. Nor
> is there a speed problem with my brother-in-law's iMac and a USB floppy
> drive (Imation?).
>
> I've tested my slow USB drive on other iMacs, and its always slow... and
> I've used my brother-in-law's drive on the same iMacs with no speed
> problems... so I'm pretty convinced the speed problem is with the drive.
>
> -chris
> <http://www.mythtech.net>
Have you ever tried comparing the speed of a built-in floppy on a 68k Mac,
to a built in floppy on a PPC Mac? Like I said above, the speed difference
was extreme! Neither the PowerBook 540c (68040) or the PowerMac 8500/180
(PPC 604e) were using a USB floppy drive, they were using the built-in
drives that Apple sold them with. I've never really compared the speed of
the USB drive connected to the G4/450 AGP to the 8500/180, but as I recall
they felt about the same.
Zane
Received on Wed Dec 10 2003 - 16:44:41 GMT