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From: jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Seagate interleave and A2091
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Date: 26 May 90 23:35:42 GMT
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I think this is a serious flaw of Commodore not allowing the user to
specify the interleave.  What about the poor bloke who doesn't have
a HardFrame or any other SCSI controller besides his 2091?  What
is he suppose to do about formatting his drive if it doesn't know
how to automatically set the interleave?  Saying "take it to your
dealer" is not always an option since not every city has a dealer
(or even a dealer in a near-by city...)  This is yet another
"problem" I have about the 2091.  A friend recently traded his
2091 for a Kronos and is happily getting much higher transfer rates.
(On the order of 300k/sec better...)
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