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Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1994 21:07:35 -0500
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From: [e-mail] (steve bergen)
Subject: Re: Best HD for FLYER?
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>On Tue, 8 Aug 1995, Alyn wrote:
>
>> Re HQ% compatable Flyer drives.  I have posted this numerous times but
>> I'll do it again.  The IBM DFHS 4 Gig drives are 100% HQ5 compatable
>> across the entire drive!  I have eight of them and I get approximately 20
>> minutes of hQ5 mode on each drive.  These drives are hard to find but if
>> you call IBm they can lead you to distributors.  The DFHS dirves used to
>> be called Ultrastar Xp but I think the name in the U.S. is Starfire or
>> Spitfire.
>>
>> They get 5.2 megs minimum sustained on the drivespeed test and I have
>> never had a dropped frame.
>>
>> To get this speed you have to do three things to update the firmware in
>> the drive through IBM software.  1) disable Predictive failure analysis
>> (pg1).  2)Enable write caching 3) Set read caching segments to 1 (the last
>> to items are on pg8).  This will give you all the horsepower you need to
>> record HQ5 all day long with no glitches.  I bought my first 4 drives
>> from IBM germany for $1700.00 each and my last 4 in Los Angeles for $1500
>> ea.  I think the distributors will sell them new for about $1900.00.  To
>> my knowledge it is the only game in town for a 4 gig HQ5 compatable.  I
>> have pressured Newtek to test these drives but as usual they are dragging
>> their butts.  What else is new?
>> Alyn

>Wow, can this REALLY be true?  A drive that works 100%?????   You are the
>first person to ever make such a claim!  If such is the case, then I
>will run out and buy a couple of them.  Of course, I have never actually
>seen the HQ5 mode work, is it truly lossless beta sp quality?  That
>is what I will be feeding into it most of the time.
>Slap me again if you are telling me the truth.
>Are you sure your not just playing?
>[e-mail]


Our company uses the flyer (2 of them) daily with 9 gig drives for video and
a 4 gig for audio.  We actually take the entire system into the field and
use it as a recorder when shooting commercials. That is - record straight to
the Flyer.  They want beta quality - we'll give them better for less.  Never
a problem except over heating after 5 -6 hours of non-stop editing.

We edit in HQ5  - using micropolis (spelling) model 1991 and paid about
$2,500 for each 9 gig drive about 6 months ago.

Once again, the only problem we've experienced is over heating during the
5th to 6th hours of continued use.   No loss frames, No sound problems, No
misedits, etc.  We've either been lucky or landed on the right drives.  If
you have work to farm out we're now running the flyer's on the second
(evening) shift.

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