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From: wstat008@sus.edu.eur.nl (Nighthawk)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: 4X Drives?
Date: 17 Feb 1994 11:22:19 +0100
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mholtz@netcom.com (Mark Holtz) writes:

>"Scott A. May" <smay01@BIGCAT.MISSOURI.EDU> writes:
>>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

>Howabout.....

>150kb -> 300 kb = 100% improvement
>300kb -> 450 kb =  50% improvement
>450kb -> 600 kb =  25%
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 450kb -> 600 kb =  33%

>Simple match.

Indeed.

Robert