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From: ejkst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Eric J. Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 68030 Accelerators, Info Wanted
Message-ID: <19968@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 12 Oct 89 21:31:57 GMT
References: <18650001@hpfinote.HP.COM> <517@aucis.UUCP>
Reply-To: ejkst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Eric J. Kennedy)
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In article <517@aucis.UUCP> easton@aucis.UUCP (Jeff Easton) writes:
>  Wrong! The GVP comes with a IDE interface for a Hard disk that has
>the controller on board.  Quantum and Conner's sell these types of
>drives.  The only signals on the interface connector is the data bus,
>R/W lines and a chip select.  Its not even close to SCSI.

My friend has this setup, with the Quantum 40 meg drive.  Since the
system is running a 25MHz 68030, and the controller is 32 bit (right?)
and the hard drive is a Quantum, I was expecting to see incredible speed
from the hard drive.  Instead, the diskperf numbers are more like 450K
per second.  This is respectible, (lots faster than my C.Ltd.!) but
hardly up to the 800K/sec that I've seen reported with, say, the
HardFrame.  Is there something that could speed this up, or barring
that, an explanation for the relatively unimpressive speed?

-- 
Eric Kennedy
ejkst@cis.unix.pitt.edu