On 08/06/2007, at 11:01 AM, Geoff Richards wrote:
in my tests using apples activity monitor copying a 1 gig folder from the internal IDE drive in a G4 mac to an external IDE drive case: usb2 480 case: 15 Mbytes /sec firewire 400 case: 29 Mbytes /sec also... http://www.barefeats.com/usb2.html -geoff
Yep : That story has been known for some time . It has something to do with USB transferring info via packets , so you end up with packets and gaps. Bob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>