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From: larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI Board Info Request
Message-ID: <1990Oct18.182650.18541@nstar.uucp>
Date: 18 Oct 90 18:26:50 GMT
References: <9254@orca.wv.tek.com> <1990Oct07.173315.6532@nstar.uucp> <209@xstor.UUCP> <1990Oct13.231715.1548@nstar.uucp> <212@xstor.UUCP>
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iverson@xstor.UUCP (Tim Iverson) writes:

>Well, you've chosen the slowest, most buggy of the dumb boards to compare
>it to; why don't you try something better (SDC800, Future Domain, etc.).  If
>the 1542 turns in 960kb/sec, then a good dumb board should yield 1.1MB/s.

the ST01 was the only other dumb board I had..

>BTW - I use a 1542B myself, but then I switch between DOS and Unix often, so
>the extra cost of the board is justified.

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