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From: tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Supra WordSync (Was Re: Amax II and Harddisk support)
Message-ID: <2134@enea.se>
Date: 24 Sep 90 08:24:33 GMT
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In article <1990Sep20.213405.4773@agora.uucp> billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour) writes:
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>	BTW, Just heard from Supra that they're supposed to ship
>their A-Max II driver within the next couple of weeks... We'll see
>how long their weeks are RSN. :-)
>-- 
>     -Bill Seymour             ...tektronix!reed!percival!agora!billsey
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Can somebody give me a piece of information regarding Supra WordSync
Hard Disk Controller?

It was tested in a Swedish magazine and was very slow on a stock B2000.
They couldn't get it to work on a machine with an A2620 in it, so they
just supposed that it didn't work. (That's how things are around here)
In the Supra manual they say something about having to turn off DMA to
memory on "some accelerator cards, ask that company".
Is this necessary with the A2620?
How much will it affect system speed?
How fast is the WordSync compared to other popular controllers on an
A2620-equipped machine?
Is it necessary to reformat the hard disk after installing the WordSync?
(A normal A2090 has been used in the machine before, the hard disk is
a 45 MB Rodime SCSI)

Any Informatin will be appreciated

Tommy Petersson