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In article <93537@felix.UUCP> kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) writes:
>There is an interesting discussion of the Quantum ProDrive 80S in the
>25 April MacWEEK (MacInTouch column). [etc.]
>
>While they felt that Apple's HD SC Setup 2.0, FWB's PocketInstall,
>Ruby Systems' StarDisk and Microtech's Format have the essentials right,
>they faulted Apple and Microtech for calculating the interleave factor
>automatically without giving the user the option to override. (creates
>performance problems if you want to format on an SE/30 and move to
>an older machine)

They blew it.

These drives have a cache, which means that the correct interleave
is ALWAYS 1:1 no matter what you attach them to.

I'm surprised to see this; those guys are usually on the ball, technically.

There is a speed issue that relates to the drivers, which may or may not
be what Apple's doing. The cache I mentioned is more than a track cache,
and you can speed things up noticeably if you make use of it properly.
So far, I don't know of anyone who does, but maybe Apple's finally taken
that step.

BTW, MicroNet also sells these drives. Their software is about on a par
with everyone else's.

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Alexis Rosen
alexis@ccnysci.{uucp,bitnet}
alexis@rascal.ics.utexas.edu  (last resort)