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From: hrlaser@pnet02.cts.com (Harv Laser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Supra HD
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Date: 26 Dec 88 09:20:32 GMT
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nix@tolsun.oulu.fi (Tero Manninen) writes:
>I am a happy owner of Supra 30M Hard Disk but the software
>that came with the drive is version 4.3.  So, what are the
>differences with 4.3 and 5.1 software ??
>I have read something about random Gurus with fastmem and
>4.3 software. Since I am planning to add extra 512k to my
>A500 it would be nice to know about possible problems now.
>
>BTW, is 5.1 soft faster than 4.3 with A500 (no dma transfers ?) ?


 
YES, you want and need the 5.1 software. In fact 5.3 is now available.
It adds a revised scsidisk.device and harddisk.device so that when
you have ZERO'd your drive and switched over to FastFileSystem and
use the new SUPRAMOUNT -S flat (to use the scsidisk.device) you will
find your cheeks aching from the prolonged wide grin when you see how
much faster your drive is.

This certainly isn't any kind of scientific test but running with
Supra 5.3 stuff doing Supramount -s on my 20 meg Supra connected to
my ancient A1000, I can load Deluxe Paint II to its initial "what kinda
screen you want" requester in -3- seconds flat.  (That's timed with
the old reliable "one elephant two elephant..." method :-)

If you're not joined to one of the information networks on which
the new Supra 5.3 stuff is available, just phone Supra and ask for it
on disk. There might be a nominal charge. Believe me, it's worth it.

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