<s>
The	O
X-10	O
Fastcache	O
Floppy	B-Device
Drive	I-Device
was	O
a	O
1996	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
that	O
read	O
3.5	B-Device
"	I-Device
floppies	B-Device
at	O
ten	O
times	O
the	O
speed	O
of	O
a	O
standard	O
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bodo	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
Slow	O
floppies	B-Device
always	O
bugged	O
me	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
I	O
saw	O
that	O
all	O
the	O
parts	O
of	O
a	O
PC	O
were	O
getting	O
exponentially	O
faster	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
the	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
could	O
read	O
an	O
entire	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
in	O
about	O
five	O
seconds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
X-10	O
drive	O
ran	O
at	O
4x	O
spindle	O
speed	O
and	O
could	O
write	O
or	O
read	O
to	O
both	O
sides	O
of	O
the	O
floppy	B-Device
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whenever	O
the	O
user	O
inserted	O
a	O
disk	O
,	O
the	O
drive	O
would	O
immediately	O
read	O
the	O
entire	O
floppy	B-Device
into	O
its	O
own	O
custom	O
Intel	B-Device
80188	I-Device
CPU-based	O
proprietary	O
controller	B-Device
card	I-Device
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
drive	O
used	O
motorized	O
ejection	O
so	O
it	O
could	O
sequence	O
and	O
cache	B-Device
writes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
drive	O
was	O
optimized	O
so	O
it	O
could	O
step	O
fast	O
enough	O
to	O
avoid	O
missing	O
tracks	O
improving	O
over	O
the	O
normal	O
slow	O
seek	O
times	O
on	O
a	O
standard	O
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
X10	O
Fastcache	O
Floppy	B-Device
was	O
offered	O
for	O
sale	O
by	O
Corporate	O
Systems	O
Center	O
(	O
CSC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
priced	O
,	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
at	O
retail	O
and	O
OEM	O
when	O
standard	O
floppy	B-Device
drives	I-Device
retailed	O
at	O
.	O
</s>
