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Re:How to Improve the quality of your software: find an old ... by may on Monday August 22, 2011 @12:23PM (#2912960)
Use a USB stick?
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Re:How to Improve the quality of your software: find an old ... by simcop2387 on Monday August 22, 2011 @01:57PM (#2913359)
In this same thinking there are still some USB 1.1 hubs out there too. This should give you a VERY slow drive for a decent price. As an example:

http://www.amazon.com/Ho97958-Usb-1-1-Slim-4-Port/dp/B00030N...

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Re:How to Improve the quality of your software: find an old ... by pornel on Monday August 22, 2011 @02:58PM (#2913623)
OS is too good at caching reads, so tests are not repeatable.
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