Re: FS: IBM 42.2MB PCMCIA Hard Disk

[Tom Franklin <tomf@conic.lmco.com>]

Christoph Eyrich wrote:
> 
> >
> > IBM PCMCIA Hard Drive -- $65
> >  -Have used drive in TP760
> >  -P/N 70G8495
> >  -Native Capacity: 42.4 MB
> >  -18 ms Access Time
> >  -Requires Standard PCMCIA 2.01 Type III Slot
> 
> >  -2.1 MB/sec Data Transfer (16.8 max)
> 
> 16.8 MB/s ??? And I thought something around 2MB/s is the limit,
> due to the capacity of the PCMCIA bus.

Sorry you're right.  The box says "16.8 Mbps (2.1 MBps) average media 
rate".  Why they spec it in mega bits per second is beyond me.  Probably 
meant confuse someone like me which is exactly what it did.