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Re: local bus hard disk

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From: Iskandar Taib
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:14
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In article <1k1njuINN6mu@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> dcoleman@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Daniel M. Coleman) writes:

>Well, I guess the keyword there is *some*.  I'm having no problems with my
>Western Digital Caviar 340 in my Gateway 2000 486-66DX2, which uses the local 
>bus for both video and IDE interface.  I guess the HD has to be specifically 
>designed for the faster local bus.

There is likely a huge cache on the paddle board, _and_ a large
cache on the integrated controller.




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