Re: Disk Drive Purchase?

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From: Rich Wells
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 15:03

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andyross@infopls.chi.il.us (Andrew Rossmann) writes:
:   ???? IDE drives are only using a fraction of the power available to them.
: With their full 16-bit parallel access, you are limited only by the bus
: speed. I wonder if there are any drives that really tax the bus, yet.
: 
:   Does anyone know if there is going to be a 32-bit version of IDE for EISA
: or even local-bus??

The machine I have on order from Gateway will have an IDE controller on
local-bus.  I didn't think to ask about whether it is 16-bit or 32-bit.
They claim it has a transfer rate of 17-30 Mb/sec.

What is a good source of information about disk drives?  I'd like to
know the difference between IDE, SCSI, and ESDI, but have no idea
where to begin.  I would prefer a source void of marketing hype, but
I'm quite capable of filtering that out if necessary.
-- 

Richard Wells  wells@cdsmn.mn.org  or  ...!tcnet!cdsmn!wells

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