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From: josephs@ttidca.UUCP (Bill Josephs)
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Subject: ARC Disk Controller Card (1:1 interleave factor)
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Date: Thu, 19-Jun-86 14:25:59 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 19 14:25:59 1986
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	Does anyone have any experience, thoughts or ideas about the ARC
disk controller card is advertised in on page 173 of the June 17th 
issue of PC-Week?  The blurb says that it supports a 1-1 interleave 
factor vs. 1-6 for the standard XT disk.  Does it use onboard 
memory to "buffer" a full track of disk data?  Does one need to
reformat a disk if the ARC card is used to replace another controller?
What about fragmented disks files -- doesn't this defeat the speed
advantage?

	Thanks in advance...

						Bill Josephs
						Citicorp/TTI
						3100 Ocean Park Blvd.
						Santa Monica, Ca.