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- From: lmebold@csghsg5a.bitnet
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Cache-controllers any good? -> was:Are Cache-controllers rubbish?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.112753.334@csghsg5a.bitnet>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 11:27:53 GMT
- References: <1992Dec15.155638.330@csghsg5a.bitnet> <1992Dec15.165108.1521@cs.unca.edu>
- Organization: University of St.Gallen, Switzerland
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- In article <1992Dec15.165108.1521@cs.unca.edu>, boyd@cs.unca.edu (Mark Boyd) writes:
- > Is "rubbish" the new buzz word used by folks who don't have the
- > foggiest idea what they are talking about? What with "is AMD rubbish"
- > and "are Cache-controllers rubbish", I may just have to put that word
- > in my kill file.
- >
- > Come on folks, use a little intelligence, or at least a little common
- > sense, in your choice of words. AMD is one of the most successful chip
- > makers around and cache controllers are definitely here to stay.
- > Rubbish is simply not an appropriate word to describe either of these
- > things. Admittedly, it is a good word to use if you want to start a
- > flame war, but that doesn't seem to be the case with with either of
- > these posts 8^).
- >
- > If you don't know much about something, try to do a little research
- > before posting a question on it, and don't use silly words like
- > rubbish in the article title (or in the article body). Article titles
- > like these simply display the ignorance of the poster. Ignorance of
- > both the subject and of the english language.
- >
- > Mark
-
- I'm really sorry about that - and actually you're right.
- But when I wrote this I was quite frustrated because I
- couldn't find any answer on my question. I really did
- what I could to find an answer - researched where I could -
- but it didn't help.
- When I saw lots of answers to the "AMD rubbish"-Topic
- I hoped to get so much answers, too...
- True: I think my question is not too easy to answer, but
- I hoped there would be someone out there who could give
- me an answer - or who has an idea how that might be.
-
- I repost my question:
-
- I heard that cache-controllers may have problems with
- new operating systems (e.g. OS/2: it can even be slower
- with a cache on the controller). I'm on the way to buy
- an EISA-SCSI-II-hostadaptor and want to run it with WindowsNT
- once it's there. So I wonder whether there will be problems
- when having a cache-controller and running WindowsNT.
- Actually I'd like to buy the AMI-caching-controller - but
- i'm still not sure whether there could arise troubles.
- Any information would highly be appreciated.
-
-
- Or does someone know an EISA-SCSI-II-hostadaptor without
- cache but with a good throughput together with a softwarecache?
-
- Thanks a lot
-
- -Luke
-
-
- It seems to be very difficult to find answers on this question.
- I still hope someone can help me.
-
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