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From: steveg@SAIC.COM (Stephen Harold Goldstein)
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Subject: Seagate 296N, 277N
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Date: 6 Dec 89 19:49:45 GMT
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For those interested, I picked up a Seagate 277N (65Meg) drive at the
D.C. AtariFest, and got similar performace figures to those posted for
the 296N - ~55KB/sec for 1:1, and ~330KB/sec for 1:2.  I was in
desperate need of the extra space, so I wasn't too disappointed with
having to go 1:2, and I really haven't noticed that much of a
difference - should only show up on massive file moves.  Then again,
seeing 500+KB/sec on my other drive (the 30Meg mech. from my Supra 30)
is enough to make me curious about tweaking 1:1 out of the 277N.  I'm
using a Supra host adaptor (from the old drive), Supra software, and
Toad Computers' 1/2 height under the Mega style HD case -- a little
pricey ($119), but I needed its form factor.