mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) (06/26/87)
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I just read through the article on hard disk drives in the latest
AmigaWorld (July/August). Two comments:
1. Why can't any of these bozos make a hard disk drive that
looks nice? The only decent-looking drive in the group
is the Xebec. The rest, especially the SupraDrive, look
like a prototype mock-up, plus they all have their
*hideous* logo on them (especially C Ltd.). I'd hate
having to look at one of those things sitting next to my
machine.
2. The authors mention "In many cases, if you have the memory
to spare, you can improve disk performance further with
the AmigaDOS command ADDBUFFERS." Since AddBuffers is
only meant for floppies, I wish the bozos at AmigaWorld
would take the time to check the accuracy of their
articles.
The rest of the issue is somewhat worthwhile; they have articles on
Pro Midi Studio, DMCS, and Sonix, plus Rob Peck's audio stuff. I just
wish they would learn how to format C code readably. The biggest faux
pas of the issue has to be the little blurb on Suzanne Ciani, an
electronic musician. While glowing all over about how she uses an
Amiga to control a bank of synthesizers for a live performance, there
is a Macintosh plainly visible in the background of her photograph.
--
Mike Portuesi / Carnegie-Mellon University Computer Science Department
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BITNET: rainwalker@drycas (a uVax-1 run by CMU Computer Club...tons o' fun)jdow@pnet02.CTS.COM (Joanne Dow) (07/09/87)
I was all hot on the XEBEC controller at WCCF til I saw them crash it
repeatedly "copy all"ing from one drive to another. It seems that they had a
little problem there. So when the show closed I wandered over to the Supra
booth and asked John if he really wanted to cart all those drives home... I
got a modest deal on it and am reasonably happy with it. (Especially since
they've rewritten the driver and gotten even more speed from it.)
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