Re: Advice needed urgently on Enhanced IO controller.

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From: John Beardmore
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 16:02

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In article <69210595wnr@rosebery.demon.co.uk>
           Brian@rosebery.demon.co.uk "Brian Sheehan" writes:

>I know I need an Enhanced card to get the speed up and 
>but nobody can give me clear advice on which type.

May not help too much if your drives are old an don't support modes 3, 5 etc.


>I can use the Ontrack software to take care of the drive 
>size over 540mb and get a standard enhanced IO card. What 
>no dealer can give me a straight answer on is
>
>Will this cause a significant performance drop off?

Not with old slow drives.


> Could replies be e-mailed as my service provider is 
>currently having great problems with news.

Aaahahh !  Why do people always put this at the end ???

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John Beardmore     wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk
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