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From: jwhitman@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Jerry Whitman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: New GVP Controller questions
Message-ID: <9009201538.AA28646@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 20 Sep 90 15:38:25 GMT
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Hi all;

I saw the beginning of this thread a couple weeks ago, but it seemed to die 
out before I saw answers to areas I am concerned with, so I'll try to start
it up again.

I have read with great interest the GVP ads for the new HD controller and RAM
board.  The trade-in feature particularly interested me.  I currently have a
stock 2000HD with a 2090A controller and the 40MB Rodime drive.

Here are the issues that concern me:

1.  How much real advantage do I gain by booting up under FFS as opposed to 
    my current process using the  Old/Slow File System?  Is it significant
    enough to warrent making the change?

2.  Do I have to reformat only the Boot partition to switch to the FFS since
    the rest of the HD is currently FFS?  What is involved here?

3.  I do not currently do or anticipate doing any serious graphics intensive
    processing.  Will the purported 'new and improved' data transfer rate
    give me any noticable improvement in the more mundane programs?  Am I 
    missing something key here?

4.  This is sort of part 2 of question 2 above.  If I install the GVP 
    controller will it be able to make sense out of my HD or will this be a
    re-installation? (Re-Format and Re-Load the whole ball of wax)

5.  Is there any inherant advantage/disadvantage to having the memory
    expansion on the controller board, and do I lose any 2090A functionality 
    that I might need later?  Given GVPs reputation for quality
    design I would suspect not, but I would rather ask than be sorry later.

6.  Well, here it is, the inevitable catch-all question!!  What else do I 
    need to know to make an intellegent decision concerning swapping out 
    my 2090A for the GVP controller?

Thanks for your kind attention to a long list of question.  I suspect I am 
not the only one out there who would like answers to some, if not all, of 
these issues.

Regards, Jerry Whitman - Keeper of the FishXref and FishCon