Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!library.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!gasman1 From: gasman1@netcom.com (David A. Silva) Subject: Re: 4X Drives? Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: Distribution: alt Date: Mon, 14 Feb 1994 15:13:45 GMT Lines: 15 Scott A. May (smay01@BIGCAT.MISSOURI.EDU) wrote: : A programmer-type person told me that each incremental increase in CD-ROM : drive speed actually gets smaller and smaller. In other words, the jump in : speed from a 2x to a 3x is not as great as a 1x to a 2x. And so the jump : from 3x to 4x is even smaller (in the grand scheme of things). : This kinda makes sense, but then again it doesn't. Any ideas or comments, : anyone? Scott All I know is I get 617 kbs transfer on my drive, and seat of the pants feel is very fast.... Going from 1x to 2x is doubling the transfer rate, so I would think that a comparable comparison would be the 2x to 4x jump....