🚀 go-pugleaf

Kevin Presley <sandog@pacbell.net> wrote in article
<349D70D8.579D@pacbell.net>...
> Ron Reaugh wrote:
> > 
> > Scott Cooper <seehorse@earthlink.net> wrote in article
> > 
> > > > A number of folks are reporting otherwise in rec.video.desktop.
> > > >
> > > 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..
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Ron Reaugh
> 
> Please be aware that anything coming from this Ron Reaugh guy is all
> conjecture.  He reads marketing literature, assembles and configures
> systems in his head, and then says that they exist and perform well.  He
> is actually quite out of touch with reality.  He has never even seen a 
> promise controller, much less witnessed what one can do.
> 
> If you are considering any configurations based upon information from
> him, make sure to validate the information by confirming it from other,
> more reliable sources.

There are certain ninnies that stalk me and pass around utterly false
rumors.  You can spot them instantly as they spend all their time talking
about what I know, have said or own rather than discussing the issues
relevant to this NG.  This is one of those people.

Regards,

Ron Reaugh