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From: hsgj@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Dan Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Harddisks for Amiga 2000
Message-ID: <814@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: Sat, 25-Apr-87 21:27:01 EDT
Article-I.D.: batcompu.814
Posted: Sat Apr 25 21:27:01 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 26-Apr-87 23:24:36 EDT
Organization: Theory Center, Cornell U., Ithaca NY
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Keywords: Harddisks Amiga2000 AmigaDOS


Here is a question for Perry of ASDG in particular, of interest
to other hard disk developers, and for Commodore in general.
The Amiga 2000 has this large hole in the front of the machine
that is supposed to be for a hard disk.  Will ASDG's new
hard disk fit inside this hole?  I sure hope that this product,
and any other hard drives, are internal, as the Amiga 2000 seems
big enough as is.

Now here's the question for Commodore or other parties in the know.
As I understand it (warning - my facts may not be correct) AmigaDOS
has a pretty low throughput and can not keep up with fast hard
disks.  This is supposedly why current hard disks for the A1000
are not as fast as IBM (or is that CBM PC-10) PC hard disks.  I also
have heard that the Commodore-supplied RAM: driver "bypasses" a lot
of AmigaDOS so that it can get extra speed.  So the question is,
(a) will Commodore be providing an upgraded AmigaDOS that has improved
speed for hard disks, (b) will CBM write a HD Handler that will bypass
AmigaDOS to get full speed, or (c) will developers such as ASDG write
their own handlers to get full speed hard disk performance?

Final note:  In the business section of a certain newspaper there
recently was an advertisement for the Commodore PC-10.  Their
slogan:  "Its not just another Clone.... Its a Commodore!".
Don't use this for the Amiga, please...

-- Dan Green

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