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Started by Dick O'Connor
Wed, 30 Dec 1992 16:18
snail-like ESDI; about these new monitors...
Author: Dick O'Connor
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 16:18
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 16:18
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End of the year miscellaneous queries :) (1) I've got a Z386/25 with one of the older DTC 10MHz ESDI controllers in it running a NEC 150MB ESDI drive. I always thought it was a bit slow. I just added a SCSI drive and I *really* saw a difference so I used the benchmark programs in PCTools to compare the two. On seeks and positioning, the two drives are very similar, but the SCSI has a Data Transfer Rate of around 900K/s, while the ESDI comes in at 53K/s! Is this controller slow or is something maladjusted in the system? This model controller doesn't have DIP switches, and the only jumper blocks I can identify (3 all told) appear to be for testing purposes. (Jeff Easton told me what they did once, but I don't have my notes here. Suffice to say none of them enabled 'tortoise' mode, as I recall...). Maybe SMARTdrive was running at the time. Would this cause such a discrepancy? (2) What is WITH all these ZDS monitors, anyway? I mean, can somebody please post some specs on this bewildering array of new model numbers so we can figure out what's going on? (Have I been watching too much Seinfeld?) What on earth is a ZDS-284m? Is it like anything we've seen before from ZDS? How about the ZDS-394m? Point 39 dot pitch, are we supposed to take this seriously, or has ZDS found a way to make .39 look clean and clear? A relative was interested in buying a ZDS 386SX/25 bundle available at a local discount shop (BEST), but they had none on display, and I couldn't recommend a bundle with a .39 monitor I knew nothing else about. Can someone from ZDS please post relevant specs about all the current monitors, especially tidbits like what they are intended to replace (if anything), and who makes them? ;) Have a very Happy New Year. Go Huskies, Beat the Wolverines!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- "Moby" Dick O'Connor djo7613@u.washington.edu Wash. Dept. of Fisheries *When the going gets tough, the tough go fishing!*
Re: snail-like ESDI; about these new monitors...
Author: Jeff Easton
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 20:51
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 20:51
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In article <1hsi4oINNmve@shelley.u.washington.edu> djo7613@hardy.u.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor) writes: >End of the year miscellaneous queries :) > >(2) What is WITH all these ZDS monitors, anyway? I mean, can somebody please >post some specs on this bewildering array of new model numbers so we can >figure out what's going on? (Have I been watching too much Seinfeld?) What Wow, and you sounded just like him. :-) >on earth is a ZDS-284m? Is it like anything we've seen before from ZDS? >How about the ZDS-394m? Point 39 dot pitch, are we supposed to take this >seriously, or has ZDS found a way to make .39 look clean and clear? A relative >was interested in buying a ZDS 386SX/25 bundle available at a local discount >shop (BEST), but they had none on display, and I couldn't recommend a bundle >with a .39 monitor I knew nothing else about. Can someone from ZDS please >post relevant specs about all the current monitors, especially tidbits like >what they are intended to replace (if anything), and who makes them? ;) As I understand it (therfore I could be wrong :-) These monitors and systems are from the mass merchandising effort. They have nothing in common with the more traditional ZDS products that are designed in St. Joseph. The PC's are built using standard components (standardized PCB layout, standard power supply, standard Phoenix type BIOS, etc.) that are sourced in the Far East. If you are familiar with the typical ZDS machine (what ever that is :-) you will notice a difference. >"Moby" Dick O'Connor djo7613@u.washington.edu -- ___ ___ Jeff Easton easton@zds-oem.zds.com (__ (__ Zenith Data Systems j.easton@mi04.zds.com ___) ___) Saint Joseph, Mich. easton@andrews.edu Monte Carlo Z-LS/20 - Choice of a quiet generation
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