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From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen)
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Subject: Re: hard drives
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Date: 14 Dec 90 01:41:12 GMT
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david@bdt.COM (David Beckemeyer) writes:

- Perhaps most would agree, but I don't agree at all.  If you want 
- the best, get the Berkeley Microsystems BMS-200 host adapter.  
- Nothing else touches it in terms of getting the signals and timing
- right.
-
- ICD may be much more widely available, but that doesn't make it the 
- best.
 
True, but doesn't ICD have the better driver software because of its 
caching and verifying capabilities?  I have heard that the BMS-200 is 
better than ICDs, but I think that ICD's software that is included 
which, (from what I understand) doesn't work on other host adapters.

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