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- From: devans@ccubb.com (David Evans)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: SCSI <-> IDE trouble?
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 96 10:30:05
- Organization: Sysop of CCUBB.COM
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- On Tue 20-Feb-1996 5:48p, Tarjei Knapstad wrote:
- TK> If I buy a SCSI controller for my 1200 (either PCMCIA, i.e Squirrel, or
- TK> for my Blizzard 1260 card), will the SCSI interface override the IDE
- TK> controller already fitted? (In other words - can I still get any use of
- TK> my IDE hard drive?) Or do I have to go SCSI all the way.
-
- Having another controller (SCSI card) will allow you a new "chain" of devices.
- It won't "override" your IDE controller. It will be a device, anything you
- attach to your scsi card will be a device.. You can use any or all. I
- personally have may scsi devices and two ide devices in my A4000.
-
- TK> Also, what are the (average) xfer rates for good SCSI HD's ?? (Are there
- TK> other limitations than just the SCSI interface ?). Currently I have
- TK> (according to the not so thrustworthy SysInfo) about 2 MB/s peak read on
- TK> my 545 MB Quantum IDE drive. How much will I gain with a good SCSI II??
-
- SCSI transfers depend on the controller. I get about 7mb on my Fastlane card.
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