Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!ncar!tank!mimsy!mimsy.umd.edu!cwilliam From: cwilliam@brillig.umd.edu (Chris Williamson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Desperately need information on Berkeley BMS100 SCSI interface Message-ID: Date: 9 Sep 89 19:41:15 GMT Sender: nobody@mimsy.UUCP Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 43 Help! I need any information on the Berkeley BMS100 SCSI interface ! It says that with an Adaptec 4000 it can handle a maximum of TWO drives. Are there controllers that can handle more with this? Also it says the maximum formatted capacity of a drive it can use is 64MB. I assume this is PER drive, right? So I can have 2 40 MB drives ? It says its maximum transfer speed is 625KB/sec average, 900KB/src peak If I want a fast seeking hard drive, what is the fastest ms seek rate that I can buy that will not be wasted by the controller's transfer rate? I am buying a drive on Monday, I know it is a rush, but would appreciate any help! I am not that aware of the technical aspects of hard drives (as you can tell:-) Thanks in advance, Chris /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ What I have said above may or may not be fact, you be the judge... Christopher Williamson | cwilliam@umd5.umd.edu | Arpa/InterNet (prefered) Human-Computer Int Lab | cwilliam@UMDD | BitNet Univ. of Maryland |...!uunet!umd5!cwilliam| UUCP College Pk, MD 20740 | (301) 779 - 5408 | If all else fails "Without water, we're all just three or four pounds of chemicals." -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ What I have said above may or may not be fact, you be the judge... Christopher Williamson | cwilliam@umd5.umd.edu | Arpa/InterNet (prefered) Human-Computer Int Lab | cwilliam@UMDD | BitNet Univ. of Maryland |...!uunet!umd5!cwilliam| UUCP College Pk, MD 20740 | (301) 779 - 5408 | If all else fails "Without water, we're all just three or four pounds of chemicals."