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From: jdow@gryphon.COM (J. Dow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hard disks for 2000
Summary: HF is FAST with the right drive.
Message-ID: <12887@gryphon.COM>
Date: 4 Mar 89 07:11:50 GMT
References: <Feb.21.01.10.26.1989.5890@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Reply-To: jdow@gryphon.COM (J. Dow)
Organization: Wizardess Designs, Hermosa Beach, Ca.
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I had to rebuild Diskperf to measure HF speeds with the new puppy I'm running 
on it. I have picked up a Micropolis 1578 327 meg drive to run on the HF. So
far it is the fastest combo I have seen. (It makes the Quantum 80meg drive
look slow!)

With a 524meg transfer with 3meg files I am getting read speeds up to 983k/
second. Writes are something like 500k+ per second. Alas it does not handle
synchronous drives yet. (RSN I understand.)

It fully autoboots to FFS. (In fact that is pointing up a bug in FFS for files
er partitions > 308megs. They ALWAYS revalidate on reboot. <sigh> This puppy
takes a LONG time to revalidate! Ah well - i can live with it.)


-- 
Sometimes a bird in the hand leaves a sticky deposit.
Perhaps it were best it remain there in the bush with the other one.

{@_@}
	jdow@bix (where else?)		Sometimes the dragon wins. Sometimes
	jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM		the knight. Does the fair maiden ever
	{backbone}!gryphon!jdow		win? Surely both the knight and dragon
					stink. Maybe the maiden should suicide?
					Better yet - she should get an Amiga and
					quit playing with dragons and knights.