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How fast could you read/write to floppy disks, both 3 1/4 and 5 1/2?


Does anyone know/remember the actual read/write speed of floppy disks? I want to use this as a tidbit for arguing how painfully slow our Sharepoint server is, but all the websites with information about the disks don't seem to have the actual speeds they worked at.


Solution

  • IIRC,

    The controllers at the end where rated 500kbps to 1Mbps for most modern floppy controllers older ones had about 250 kbps.

    The actual disks always maxed out around 100-250kbps and I've never seen above 250kbps on a floppy.

    Read speeds could reach higher but I've never seen close to a controllers max. Not the best answer perhaps but some insight for you.