how fast were drum memories?

[Jon Elson]

>> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 01:53:12PM -0600, ben via cctalk 
>> wrote:
>> [...]
>>> Can not be slower than modern computers, It takes 5 
>>> minutes for my mail
>>> program to load under windows and grab new mail.
> My mediocre laptop running linux is fully up and logged in 
> in 15 seconds!  That includes me typing in the password.  
> I do have a solid state disk.
>
> Jon