Promise Ultra 133 on an old Compaq Deskpro EP/SB Series to..

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Unless you're running a disk intensive application, you throttled by the
processor, memory, bus, etc., of an old machine.

Tom
"Dutch Treat" <reply@newsgroup.please> wrote in message
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> I've installed a fast 7200rpm ATA 133 Maxtor disk in my Compaq Deskpro
> EP/SB
> Series, but the transfer is very slow. Will it help tom install a Promise
> Ultra
> ATA133 card to speed up the access?
>
> Afaik the Compaq Deskpro EP/SB Series is ATA 33.
>
> So I am under the impression it should make a difference.
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>
>
> Thanks in advance for your answer !