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>> Yes, but you're not talking about professional quality results, you can't
>> get 6MB/s or higher video out of an EIDE drive,

>Yes you can.  An IBM Deskstar 5 using busmastering drivers will provide
>this easily and is significantly faster than any fast SCSI-II HD except the
>ST12450W.  Two Deskstar 5s + Promise FastTrak PCI UDMA EIDE RAID 0
>controller is as fast as a single UW Cheetah and much bigger and less
>expensive..

You don't even take a vacation for the Christmas break eh, Ron?
Imagine my shock and surprise when I checked the newsgroups after a
week hiatus and discovered that your name was everywhere as usual!

Anyway, I was just wondering: are you paid to be a spokesperson for
IBM or something?  You ALWAYS ALWAYS tout the wonders of the IBM
Deskstar 5, but the Quantum Fireball SE, also a UDMA drive, actually
has a higher max transfer rate (the only spec which you seem to care
about) than the Deskstar 5.

Since your agenda seems to be the promotion of UDMA as the hard drive
type to end all hard drive types, it is curious that you would choose
the Deskstar 5 as your champion rather than the Fireball SE.

>Check the messages in rec.video.desktop.  One of the longer threads is
>titled "Does Anyone Still Use SCSI?".  There are others regarding the
>FastTrak.

This raises another question: since EVERY single proof of your
theories is a reference to a URL or a NG, you seem to be inadvertently
confirming the accusations of your detractors (including myself) who
claim that all of your posts are based on net research and not on
personal experience.  You usually defend your personal experience but
you have never described the width and breadth of this experience, so
I'll ask you the question: what hard drives types and configurations
have you PERSONALLY installed, configured, tested, and used under
real-world conditions, Ron?