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From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen)
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Subject: Re: hard drives
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Date: 15 Dec 90 17:44:00 GMT
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boyd@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) writes:

- I have a 296N, and was led to believe that it is rom-hardcoded to a 
- 2-1 interleave that cannot be changed without reburning something.  
- Is this in fact not true?
 
I read something a while ago that mentioned that the version 8 ROMs 
on the 296N will only give a good transfer rate on the ST at 2-1 
interleave, but even then, it's only around 400K/sec.  (K/sec is the 
correct measurement for transfer rate, isn't it?)  The version 7 
ROMs let you go 1-1 interleave and therefore you supposedly get a 
much higher transfer rate.  If you format at 1-1 with the version 8 
ROMs, you get an incredibly poor transfer rate, somewhere around 
40K/sec.

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