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From: mlinar@eve.usc.edu (Mitch Mlinar)
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Subject: Re: Amstrad CPC -- HDs
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Date: 25 Nov 90 22:49:47 GMT
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In article <1990Nov25.062505.26432@simasd.uucp> donm@pnet07.cts.com (Don Maslin) writes:
>
>>I am also interested in any comments that people have about the
>>reliability of this [WD1002] controller, and the sort of through-put that you
>>get.
>
>Should be roughly comparable to a Kaypro K-10.  Its virtually the same HDC
>board (floppy controller added to the -05).

Actually, the throughput of HDS is slightly (10%) higher since the original
Kaypro s/w was pretty inefficient, despite the fact it was only targeted
at a one drive, 10M hard disk.  With Winchester Connection (the s/w which is
attached to HDS as well as part of all KayPLUS ROMs), you can handle any hard
drive from 5 to 64M (up to 2 hard drives).  Note that the throughput of the
KayPLUS ROMs is 30% greater on hard disk than either MicroCornucopia or
TurboROM, and 25% faster on video.  Just different coding.

>>type of setup (I would be inclined to think that 65ms would be more
>>than fast enough).
Yep.  65 is good enough for the WD1002; they are not all that fast anyway.

-Mitch