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  1. Path: news.mel.aone.net.au!usenet
  2. From: mpa@iig.com.au (Mark P Allen)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
  4. Subject: Re: 1 gig SCSI Hard Drives
  5. Date: 28 Mar 1996 02:42:47 GMT
  6. Message-ID: <1026.6661T228T2321@iig.com.au>
  7. References: <4j78pp$76c@freenet-news.carleton.ca> <1969.6659T738T1028@awinc.com>
  8. NNTP-Posting-Host: cnsta02.iig.com.au
  9. X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) *UNREGISTERED*
  10.  
  11.  
  12. On 27-Mar-96 17:11:54, Bob Carter wrote:
  13.  
  14.  BC> Is there something about Quantum drives that make them the Amiga HD of
  15.  BC> choice? I've talked to some PC shops and they seem to slag the Quantum
  16.  BC> somewhat, saying that it's slower ...
  17.  
  18. DiskSpeed v4.2 returned the following from my Quantum ATLAS:
  19.  
  20.  MKSoft DiskSpeed 4.2  Copyright ⌐ 1989-92 MKSoft Development
  21.  ------------------------------------------------------------
  22.  CPU: 68040  AmigaOS Version: 40.68  Normal Video DMA
  23.  Device:  VIDEO1:    Buffers: 30
  24.  Comments: WARP Engine 4040, Quantum ATLAS
  25.  
  26.  Testing with a 524288 byte, MEMF_FAST, LONG-aligned buffer.
  27.  Create file:      6029312 bytes/sec  |  CPU Available: 77%
  28.  Write to file:    6291456 bytes/sec  |  CPU Available: 94%
  29.  Read from file:   9437184 bytes/sec  |  CPU Available: 93%
  30.  
  31. Not too tardy methinks, and working well with the VLAB Motion.
  32.  
  33. Regards,
  34.  
  35.          Mark
  36.  
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  38.    mpa@iig.com.au     -    Ph:+61-70-332930     -         Cairns
  39.    Wishful Vision     -    Fx:+61-70-332931     -      Australia
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