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From: Howard.Spindel@busker.FIDONET.ORG (Howard Spindel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Recommendations wanted for large (>100 Mb) hard disks
Message-ID: <54.2348780A@busker.FIDONET.ORG>
Date: 4 Oct 88 02:26:13 GMT
Organization: Busker's Boneyard; Portland, OR (503)771-4773
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>From: ray@ole.UUCP (Ray Berry)
>Date: 29 Sep 88 23:31:40 GMT
>Organization: Seattle Silicon Corporation, Bellevue, WA.
>Message-ID: <494@ole.UUCP>
>Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
>The newest version of SpeedStor (vers 5.13, released just last week) 
allows
>ROM BIOS override for disks with more than 1024 cylinders.  Previous 
ver-
>sions did not.>
 >x
>A couple of limitations I noted in using the 2372 driver:
>  (1) Each logical drive was limited to 32 mBytes.
>  (2) I couldn't find a disk cache program that would work with the
>      Adaptec driver.  I tried Speedcache (distributed by Storage
>      Dimensions),  Super-pc-qwik, a well-known and highly respected
>      program from Multisoft in OR, and a cache program supplied by
>      the host pc mfr (Wyse).  All refused to recognize the Adaptec
>      driver, and all worked ok with Speedstor.
I am using a Maxtor XT2190 with SpeedStor (subsystem version - a special 
version that comes with Maxtor disk drives), accessing 1224 cylinders, 
and I am using it with the SpeedCache program that comes with the system. 
 All works just fine.



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