Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!jonh!jhenders From: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca (John Henders) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: hard drives Message-ID: Date: 29 Dec 90 15:18:00 GMT References: <1990Dec27.173803.29845@uvm.edu> Reply-To: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca Distribution: comp Lines: 38 X-Version: Martin's Mailer Version Sep 07 1990 23:50:52 In <1990Dec27.173803.29845@uvm.edu>, Robert B. Pegram writes: > > >I wrote: > >>>>I'm interested, (I'd like to run my 296N with 1-1 interleave 8-) > >Bob Luneski replies: > >>> I bought one when they first came on the market and formatted it >>>at 1-1 and was shocked to find that my 28 ms disk was sooooo slooooooooow. > >now John Henders writes: > >> I think there was some discussion here last year about this, and it was found >Someone posted here saying that he runs a 296N at 1 to 1 interleave >with a BMS host adaptor and gave a short explanation of why there's a >problem. I called ICD to see what their story was, but got an stuff deleted Good luck with the BMS unit and I hope it works for you, but you will note the person who said he had on working on a BMS didn't say how old it was or what ROM revision. ICD's latest board has the full SCSI spec if that is in fact the problem, and their software is excellant. It's too bad the person on the phone was such a jerk as the people they have doing online support on GEnie are fairly reasonable and in formative. > >Bob Pegram > >pegram@griffin.uvm.edu >or >...!uvm-gen!pegram -- John Henders jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca Vancouver,B.C. or jhenders@wimsey.bc.ca or ubc.cs!van-bc!jonh!jhenders