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From: bote@csense.UUCP (John Boteler)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: SCO - Two harddisk controllers
Message-ID: <379@csense.UUCP>
Date: 5 Oct 89 00:47:46 GMT
References: <728@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Organization: Common Sense Computing, McLean Va
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From article <728@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>, by davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr):...
> I found that the Adaptek 2372 was a factor of three slower than the
> WD1006VSR2 because Xenix doesn't use the BIOS.

Add to the list the DTC728x track buffering controller. Works
wonders under DOS, but Xenix cannot take advantage of it for
precisely the reason you cited. That's why we switched to
the VSR1 and VSR2 for Xenix use. All other applications do
fine with the DTC series, I have found.

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