chris@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Chris Schanzle) (03/09/89)
[Hopefully we're all finished bashing CMS drives for the next six months. :-) ]
Simply stated, what's the latest version of the CMS formatting software
and who can I get it from?
My "dealer" (Hardware House) doesn't seem to sell CMS drives anymore
and I'm curious how CMS has improved their drivers in the last year (I
have version 3.2q). One thing that has always irked me is the drivers
require a 1:5 interleave for the Mac+, where other drivers can deal
with the Seagate ST-277N with a 1:3 interleave. Any chance of
reliable "blind" reads/writes?
Additionally, has anyone tried using the "SCSI Accelerator INIT" with
these new drivers? (The INIT unfolds a tight loop for higher transfer
rates in & out of the Mac so a SCSI drive can be formatted at a lower
interleave facter than normal.) Unfortunately, the CMS drivers seem
to have timing problems and hang on large writes.
Please mail replies to "chris@umbc3.umbc.edu" (formerly umbc3.umd.edu)
and I'll post a summary if several wish it to be so. Thank you!
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