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From: mhershede@cdp.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: HD HELL ...101????'s
Message-ID: <936700021@cdp>
Date: 6 Jan 91 12:28:00 GMT
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Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!mhershede    Jan  6 04:28:00 1991


HELLO EVERYONE FROM COLORADO via California/Pnet .....

I HAVE to get a hard drive, it seems, in the service of sanity
..a purchase (and condition) I have been putting off for about
two years now.

I have a A2000 with 1m chip 4m fast and am doing mostly video
graphic/animation work and want to move into 24 bit processing
soon.

My questions are:

    * The DMA "hassels" that are eluded to in some of the
      ads... I have picked up that they have to do with graphic
      intensive reads(?). Should I rule out DMA controllers?

    * Does vulnerablity to HD misfortune increase with size or
      speed? IOW.. is a 40 meg 24ms "safer" than a 100 meg 11ms HD?

    * Is there any advantage to Supra's Wordsync in graphic
      applications?

    * Are there any recognized "turkeys" in the HD world?

    * Is there a  "best of the best" HD system for 
      graphic applications if cost is not a factor?

    * Where can I get reliable comparative HD/controller
      stats. With all the new stuff out everything that I have
      is out of date?

Thanks for any help.