Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!ig!bionet!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!uxc!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!bty00298 From: bty00298@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Bridgeboard Hardcard Message-ID: <111400038@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 22 Apr 89 05:44:00 GMT References: <10359@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Lines: 37 Nf-ID: #R:polyslo.CalPoly.EDU:10359:uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:111400038:000:1759 Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!bty00298 Apr 22 00:44:00 1989 Date: 18 April 1989 22:00 edt From: Brian N. Cox Subject: Re: Bridgeboard Hardcard that would make good use of a HD, then buy a drive to fit into your IBM side. If you use the AMIGA applications that could benefit from a HD then install a drive on your AMIGA side. In the former case the speed is present when running IBM software, but AMIGA software is run at floppy drive speed. In the latter >Not true, the speed is *much* faster than an Amiga floppy. As a matter >of fact, there isn't that much discernable speed difference between the >IBM side using the hard drive and the Amiga side. The big disadvantage >right now is the inability to use the FFS. This should be corrected >when the next version of JANUS software is released. I must disagree on this point. I don't know what kind of hard drive gives him this kind of performance, but from my experience with a MiniScribe 30 on the IBM side with a 20MB Amiga partition the transfer rate is a minimal improvement over a floppy. I have even FFS formatted the partition using the trick outlined in the Amiga Transactor, but its performance is still a joke compared to my Hardframe with 40MB Quantum. I recommend getting the Amiga harddrive if you can't afford one for both sides. The new Janus software is much more friendly when using an IBM partition on an Amiga HD and the access rates are pretty great. In fact with the Hardframe and Quantum, it's about the same/faster than the Miniscribe. And with the new Janus software, the Bridgeboard can boot off the Amiga HD. =========================================================================== Brian Yamanaka University of Illinois bty00298@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu