3 ms·Not to mention it was Mac only!by rms 17y agoNot to mention it was Mac only!grinich 17y agoAnd Firewire, which most computers didn't have.city41 17y agoWell, pretty much all Macs did at the time, so that wasn't too relevant.tewks 17y agoUSB was ridiculously slow at the time, mind you.blasdel 17y agoWas? USB2 still is -- goddamn interrupt-based I/O is for mice, not mass storage!