Let the record show that a 32x10x40 CDRW (WritexRewritexRead) is really fast.
The implication here is that 600MB of data can be written to disc at 32x
the speed audio is played at. Or, since audio is roughly 10MB/minute, a
1x CDR takes 60 minutes to write a disc. A 32x writer should take, oh…
Chez Scheme Version 6.7 Copyright (c) 1985-2001 Cadence Research Systems > (/ 60 32) 15/8 >
1 7/8 minutes.
My first test (backing up parts of the PB) didn’t manage 600MB in under
2 minutes; it did manage 577MB in approximately 2 minutes and 40 seconds, though.
Close enough, in my opinion. And, it spanks the daylights out of my old 2x drive. Wow. Amazing.
Time to start creating multiple copies of this semester’s data…
Kewl, but I still have a TiPowerBook…..
Ah well, that lasted for a little while.
JAN did get two new machines which go in my office later this week. One is tailored to digital video recording and editing. I’ll be able to burn DVDs in my office (not to mention watch movies!)
The other will be my LINUX server to serve up the environment, web pages, etc…
Mmm. TiBook…