[geeks] Ultra-1/170e replacement

[Lionel Peterson]

> From: Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net>
> Date: 2004/10/13 Wed PM 01:53:54 GMT
> To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: Re: Re: [geeks] Ultra-1/170e replacement
> 
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 11:16:59PM -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> 
> > Nah... I've concluded this isn't a workable thing.
> > 
> > The performance would be dismal.

> Have you considered firewire or USB2.0 drives?

Are the drivers up to the performance of the interface? (I'm sure they'd be better than the built-in IDE, but how much better?)