> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Singer [SMTP:msinger@POLUOSTROV.NET]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 5:42 AM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: [ot]: cd-rom and cd-r doesn' t work
>
> Michael Rigby-Jones wrote:
> > ..All modern DMA33 enabled devices will happily
> >  sit on the same channel as a DMA100/133 hard
> > drive without affecting it's performance...
>
>    I have not compared DMA33 with DMA100/133 specs,
> But I'm quite sure they are different. DMA100/133
> were developed for speed, not compatibility, I think.
>
>    Mike.
>
Nevertheless, they coexist quite happily on the same cable.  I have proved
this with my own PC, running a benchmark on the hard drive before and after
fitting a CDROM as a slave device on the same cable.  The results didn't
differ by any more than the normal repeatability variations.

Mike


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