ASTLC%ALASKA.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Tom Claydon - Paranoia At Work..) (05/17/89)
I'm currently looking at several HD controllers for the A500 (I want to use it with my Seagate 296N), and I was wondering what the A500 users out there with HD controllers use. I would prefer a HD controller with a bus- passthrough, but if not, that's OK. Also, does anyone know about Pacific Peripherals SYNERGY HD controller for the A500? I'd like to get one with 2 Megs installed, and was wondering if anyone has recently purchased one of these little puppies! Thanks! ============================================================================ Tom Claydon | "Ms. Pac-Man? She's not | DISCLAIMER: University of Alaska Anchorage | much to look at, but any| It Wasn't Me! Bitnet: astlc@alaska.bitnet | woman that pulls herself| It Was My PHONE: (907) 562-0090 | around by her lips can't| EVIL TWIN! | be TOO bad!" | | -- Donkey Kong | ============================================================================
PROVERO@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil (Josh Rovero) (05/18/89)
Sorry to post, but I cannot e-mail direct to bitnet.
In respnse to Tom Claydon's [Bitnet astlc@alaska.bitnet] question,
I have the CLtd A500 controller (the old non-autoboot one) and am generally
pleased with it. There are some problems with the latest version
of their SCSIdos 3.0 -- the low level format programs will NOT work with the
A500 controller, which requires going back to SCSIdos 2.6 for low level
formats. 3.0 operates fine, you just can't do LLF's.
Diskperf gives me 160k reads and 65k writes --
on a slow 65ms Seagate -- satisfyingly faster than floppies.
Josh Rovero Internet: PRovero@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil
Packet radio: KK1D@WD4MIZ
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