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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Western Digital Controller
Message-ID: <10@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jul 90 15:53:29 GMT
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peter@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Peter J Diaz de Leon) writes:

>	Can anyone give me any information/opinion regarding
>	the Western Digital HD/FD contoller WD1006-VMM2.

>	Will it work in a 33Mhz 386 box?
>	I have seen it advertised for about $100.00

The WD1006 has been superseded by the WD1006V, which also supports 1:1
interleaving, but adds read-ahead cacheing. I have access to two NEC 386/20
boxes (not bad, but lousy memory architecture), one with the older board,
one with the newer. The newer, which can be found for $119 or thereabouts,
is notably faster.