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From: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: big disks on PC AT clones
Message-ID: <613@mccc.UUCP>
Date: 2 May 88 15:32:11 GMT
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Reply-To: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg)
Organization: The College On The Other Side of Route 1
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Has anyone found that the controller has a big effect on HD performance.
 I have a Micropolis 1335 (71MB formatted, 28ms) drive with a DTC 5280
controller in a 386 box, and the Infoworld benchmark says that it is a
dog!  CORETEST 2.4 and PC Mag Benchmark suite 4 agree that it is a 28 ms
drive!  Steve Satchell (IW) has yet to answer this question about what
the IW test does that might make this combo look so bad.  Perhaps one of
you has a thought??  Thanks.