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From: joel@peora.ccur.com (Joel Upchurch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Don't buy from HDI
Keywords: yet another horror story
Message-ID: <3995@peora.ccur.com>
Date: 24 Oct 89 14:00:45 GMT
References: <754@dekalb.UUCP>
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Organization: Concurrent Computer Corp, Orlando FL
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In article <754@dekalb.UUCP>, greg@dekalb.UUCP (Greg Philmon) writes:
> "Then your computer is not fast enough to handle 1:1," was his next stab.
>
> I proceeded to tell him  that  I  was  running  the  drive  in  a  25MHz
> zero-wait 386.  Guess what he said? "Well, you need a 33MHz machine." Oh
> my god, I can't believe I'm paying to talk to this guy.

In a situation like this the speed of the processor is largly irrelvant.
It is the speed of the I/O bus that it important. That isn't the same
thing with high speed 286 and 386 machines. I just read a series of
postings awhile back talking about how slow the I/O bus is on the Dell
310. You didn't mention what brand of computer you are using. It is
possible that other machines rated the same machine or even slower
might support a higher transfer rate than yours. I suspect there are
a lot of 386 machines out there that can't support 1:1 interleave
drives. Does the company that sells your computer have a 1:1 drive
available as an option? That might indicate something? Of course, it
is also possible that whoever wrote the HDI ads is full of horse manure.
-- 
Joel Upchurch/Concurrent Computer Corp/2486 Sand Lake Rd/Orlando, FL 32809
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