emwessel@praxis.cs.ruu.nl (Eric van Wessel) (10/03/90)
Hello folks, I recently bought an A590 hard disk and installed it. The "problem" is that the transfer rate is only about 100 kb/s (according to diskperfa) Does anybody know how to improve this speed ? B.t.w. : Configuration A500, KS1.2, WB1.3, ARP1.3, 1 Mb Thanks, Eric
breemen@rulcvx.LeidenUniv.nl (E. van Breemen) (03/26/91)
Hi, I have a A590 harddisk for almost a year now. I am quit happy with it, when I compare it with floppies. It is only a little slow (150 Kb/s). It is still using the original drive (a 20MB WD 65ms). But that alone is not the reason for this low speed. A friend of mine has rewritten the software for his OMTI-controlled harddisk and doubled (!) the read-speed from 160 Kb/s to 340 Kb/s. I wonder if someone has also rewritten his A590 software or is the slow speed due to the controller- hardware. The SCSI-controller is capable of 600 Kb/s. How is the XT- controller connected to the Amiga: i.e. what makes it so slow compared to other cheap harddisks? thanks in advance, Erwin van Breemen
blgardne@javelin.es.com (Blaine Gardner) (03/27/91)
breemen@rulcvx.LeidenUniv.nl (E. van Breemen) writes: >I have a A590 harddisk for almost a year now. I am quit happy with it, [But it's very slow.] The reason the A590 is slow is the hard drive supplied with it is very slow. If you hook any fast drive to it (say a Quantum or a Wren), you'll get speeds in the 800-900KB/sec range. I've seen a Wren III hit around 850-950KB/sec when attached to an A590, about the same speed as the Hardframe controller for the A2000. -- Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland 580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com or ...dsd.es.com!javelin!blgardne DoD #0046 My other motorcycle is a Quadracer. BIX: blaine_g 289 miles to go....