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Donald Wilson (dywilson@scf.usc.edu) wrote:

: So, do the warp adaptec drivers support this card and the features it offers
: and will I actually see something approaching the kind of transfer rates it
: makes possible or am I wasting my money here (and would be better with the
: memory). Also, I recall seeing a reference somewhere to a problem with some
: ASUS boards and Adaptec SCSI cards, is there such a problem and is the board I
: am using (P55TP4XE) amongst those affected? More generally, what kind of
: features should I look for in a new HD? Is it important to go for one with a
: greater onboard cache if I am using OS2? 

I've just put together a machine a p-100 ASUS P55TP4XE with a 2940UW, 
mainly because the UW price wasn't much more then the wide 2940.  I've 
had no problems whatsoever.  I only have a 1 gig Seagate attached, the 
Hawk series I believe.  Warp Connect installed  without a 
hitch.  It picked up the controller without any problems.  Boot manager 
is installed with a 200 meg FAT and an 800 meg HPFS part.  If I 
understand things correctly, Computer Technology Review has said that 
SCSI-3 will run at about 100 mb/s and the Ultra is just a subset of 
SCSI-3.  I have yet to determine what the transfer rate really is....if 
you know of an easy way to find out let me know (email) and I'll give it 
a shot.  But I'm hedging a bet that I won't have to to really have more 
then the 10mb/s  and if the time is right then hopefully  40 mb/sec 
will be right around the corner....at least for a while....   

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Carl A. Lindner III
calindne@eos.ncsu.edu
Computer Science, North Carolina State University