Re: Am I wasting my time gettting a VLB SCSI-2 controller?

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From: Chuck Tribolet
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 1995 15:24

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In <472h1j$4ld@miso.wwa.com>, jlg@sashimi.wwa.com (JL Gomez) writes:
>When I switched from an ISA BusLogic controller to a 445C, I did notice
>it was faster than the ISA one. 

I went from an ISA-busmaster Adaptec 1542C to the BusLogic 445.  Things got
noticably faster, probably because if you have an ISA busmaster, OS/2 can't
use memory above 16M (I have 32M) for anything but real fast swapspace.
But I still wasn't able to run my drive at it's full rated speed. 

Then I went to an IBM VL Bus SCSI adapter (a badge-engineered Adaptec),
and the drive then ran a full rated speed.

Chuck Tribolet
San Jose, CA

Silicon Valley - best day job in the world

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From: triblet@almaden.ibm.com (Chuck Tribolet)
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Subject: Re: Am I wasting my time gettting a VLB SCSI-2 controller?
Date: 1 Nov 1995 15:24:19 GMT
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