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From: denbeste@bbn.com (Steven Den Beste)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Version of driver for StarboardII SCSI module?
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Date: 20 Jun 89 15:36:58 GMT
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Reply-To: denbeste@BBN.COM (Steven Den Beste)
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
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I've got a Starboard II loaded with RAM, and I just picked up a SCSI module for
it for my two HD's. One of them is an ST277N.

I've got it working, and by using FFS and by extensive playing with interleave
factors I've managed to get the fastest transfer speed reported by "diskperfa"
to the not-very-impressive value of 70K. I have yet to try their speed-up
option that disables checking, but I don't anticipate it will buy me much.
[Believe it or not, I get my best performance with an interleave of 10.]

Several people here on the net have claimed they got transfer speeds above 200K
with the ST277N. The only thing I can think of that might yet be my problem is
that I might have an old version of the driver. (Or maybe a new, broken one.)

I dumped it using "type opt h" and near the beginning is the following:

	MAS-Drive_20 *0.5
	JD version 0.32

Could someone out there who is getting great performance please let me know
what version of the driver they are using? I would greatly appreciate it.


Steven C. Den Beste,   BBN Communications Corp., Cambridge MA
denbeste@bbn.com(ARPA/CSNET/UUCP)    harvard!bbn.com!denbeste(UUCP)