Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!pyramid!leadsv!kallaus From: kallaus@leadsv.UUCP (Jerry Kallaus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: 2090A speed Summary: 2090A may ignore interleave Message-ID: <5379@leadsv.UUCP> Date: 14 Dec 88 02:47:47 GMT References: <9472@gryphon.COM> <1154@esunix.UUCP> Organization: LMSC-LEADS, Sunnyvale, Ca. Lines: 18 In article <1154@esunix.UUCP>, blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes: ... >From this I have to conclude that interleave on the A2090A has virtually >no effect on performance. Surprising! > The Amiga 2090 User's Guide has this to say about interleave: (on page 22) Interleave ....should be "0" for ST506 drives.... (and on page 38, under Specification/Performance/HardDisk ST506) Sector Interleave 1:1 I suspect that the mountlist interleave is ignored for an ST506 device. -- Jerry Kallaus {pyramid.arpa,ucbvax!sun!suncal}leadsv!kallaus (408)742-4569 "Funny, how just when you think life can't possibly get any worse, it suddenly does." - Douglas Adams