880274d@aucs.uucp (Ralph Doncaster) (02/09/90)
I will be buying a hard drive for my amiga soon and I was looking into conner, either a 40 or 100 meg 3.5" drive. They have goods specs, but I was wondering if anyone has some real world observations. -- +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Ralph Doncaster Don't Steal - The Government hates competition. | |880274d@AcadiaU.CA 329 CHI, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B0P 1X0 | |UUCP: {uunet|watmath|utai}!cs.dal.ca!aucs!880274d BITNET: 880274d@Acadia |
stevem@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM (Steve McClure) (02/09/90)
In article <1990Feb8.215454.17099@aucs.uucp> 880274d@aucs.UUCP (Ralph Doncaster) writes: >I will be buying a hard drive for my amiga soon and I was looking into >conner, either a 40 or 100 meg 3.5" drive. >They have goods specs, but I was wondering if anyone has some real world >observations. > I have a CP340 on my A500, it performs very nicely. At NCR we have been using Conner's in smaller Towers for years with execellent results. I feel it is one of the better drives available. Steve ----- stevem@Columbia.NCR.COM The above are my opinions, which NCR doesn't really care about anyway! CAUSER's Amiga BBS! | 803-796-3127 | 8pm-8am 8n1 | 300/1200/2400
magik@sorinc.UUCP (Darrin A. Hyrup) (02/10/90)
In article <1990Feb8.215454.17099@aucs.uucp> 880274d@aucs.uucp (Ralph Doncaster) writes: >I will be buying a hard drive for my amiga soon and I was looking into >conner, either a 40 or 100 meg 3.5" drive. >They have goods specs, but I was wondering if anyone has some real world >observations. Well, I don't know about the larger Conner's but I've had this 40mb Conner CP340 for over a year now, and it works very well for my uses. Its very quiet (unlike many HD's out there) and seems pretty quick at 26ms. Considering that you can pick them up for under $350 in many places, you can't beat it if you want an inexpensive 40mb 3.5" SCSI drive. Paired with the Microbotics Hardframe, the CBM A2091, or the CBM A590 they make a great and moderately priced storage option. Your milage may vary of course. ;-) >|Ralph Doncaster Don't Steal - The Government hates competition. | Good luck, Darrin Hyrup -- Darrin A. Hyrup // AMIGA Enthusiast rencon!esfenn!dah magik@sorinc.PacBell.COM \X/ & Software Developer pacbell!sorinc!magik ========================================================================== "Speak little and well, if you wish to be considered as possessing merit."
lynn@phx.mcd.mot.com (Lynn D. Newton) (02/13/90)
In article <1990Feb8.215454.17099@aucs.uucp> 880274d@aucs.uucp (Ralph Doncaster) writes: >I will be buying a hard drive for my amiga soon and I was looking into >conner, either a 40 or 100 meg 3.5" drive. >They have goods specs, but I was wondering if anyone has some real world >observations. To add to this request ... I am specifically interested in any information anyone has about Conner's newer 200MB 3 1/2" drive. I'm inclined to want to get it to put on my 2091 because I need the size, and it seems to be the largest thing out there, but I don't know much more about it. Every person I have asked has good things to say about Conner drives generally, but no one has been able to give me any information about this one specifically. -- ================================================================= Lynn D. Newton | System Test Motorola MCD, Tempe, AZ | (Department of Heuristic Neology) (602) 437-3739 | "The bug stops here!" lynn@jazz.phx.mcd.mot.com |
lgreen@crash.cts.com (Lawrence Greenwald) (02/16/90)
In article <LYNN.90Feb13073003@jazz.phx.mcd.mot.com> lynn@phx.mcd.mot.com (Lynn D. Newton) writes: > >In article <1990Feb8.215454.17099@aucs.uucp> 880274d@aucs.uucp (Ralph Doncaster) writes: >>I will be buying a hard drive for my amiga soon and I was looking into >>conner, either a 40 or 100 meg 3.5" drive. >>They have goods specs, but I was wondering if anyone has some real world >>observations. > >To add to this request ... I am specifically interested in any >information anyone has about Conner's newer 200MB 3 1/2" drive. >I'm inclined to want to get it to put on my 2091 because I need >the size, and it seems to be the largest thing out there, but I >don't know much more about it. Every person I have asked has good >things to say about Conner drives generally, but no one has been >able to give me any information about this one specifically. >-- >================================================================= >Lynn D. Newton | System Test >Motorola MCD, Tempe, AZ | (Department of Heuristic Neology) >(602) 437-3739 | "The bug stops here!" >lynn@jazz.phx.mcd.mot.com | Add me to this list. My 80 meg Quantum just bit the dust and I need a good, reliable replacement, though 200 megs is more than I *really* need, a 100-meg drive that fits on a hard card would be perfect! Speaking of the A2091, how good is it? How's Commodore's installation software and documentation? I've heard about very fast transfer rates...what are they?? Any other controller/disk combos out there, please chime in! I really need to know kinda fast!! Please E-mail to me at {backbone}!crash!pnet01!lgreen Thanks. Larry Greenwald
stevem@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM (Steve McClure) (02/17/90)
In article <1528@crash.cts.com> lgreen@crash.cts.com (Lawrence Greenwald) writes: [ lots of stuff deleted ] > >Speaking of the A2091, how good is it? How's Commodore's installation software >and documentation? I've heard about very fast transfer rates...what are they?? > I have had my 2091 Conner CP-340 combo for about a week. I already added 2M RAM. Dperf2 gives 280K reads and 290K writes for 256K buffer. Small buffer numbers were not as good as my A500 Supra SCSI, but the top end is almost double. The CP-340 has a 29ms ave. seek time. Steve ----- Steve.McClure@Columbia.NCR.COM The above are my opinions, which NCR doesn't really care about anyway! CAUSER's Amiga BBS! | 803-796-3127 | 8pm-8am 8n1 | 300/1200/2400
mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz - CATS) (02/19/90)
In article <1992@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM> stevem@sauron.UUCP (Steve McClure) writes: >In article <1528@crash.cts.com> lgreen@crash.cts.com (Lawrence Greenwald) writes: >[ lots of stuff deleted ] >> >>Speaking of the A2091, how good is it? How's Commodore's installation software >>and documentation? I've heard about very fast transfer rates...what are they?? I think the software is one of the best (if not the best) hard drive install programs around. It also ships with the 590 which is much the same controller as the 2091. >I have had my 2091 Conner CP-340 combo for about a week. I already added >2M RAM. Dperf2 gives 280K reads and 290K writes for 256K buffer. >Small buffer numbers were not as good as my A500 Supra SCSI, but the top end >is almost double. The CP-340 has a 29ms ave. seek time. Gee, in my machine at home, with a Q-80 drive on the 2091 and a 2620 card, I get DiskSpeed2 results in the 670K/sec area and DiskPerf2 errors out when doing 256k block reads/writes. (Fast File System only...) > >Steve /----------------------------------------------------------------------\ | /// Michael Sinz -- CATS/Amiga Software Engineer | | /// PHONE 215-431-9422 UUCP ( uunet | rutgers ) !cbmvax!mks | | /// | |\\\/// When people are free to do as they please, | | \XX/ they usually imitate each other. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/