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From: earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: SCSI Accelerator in comp.binaries.mac seems OK.
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Date: 5 Jun 88 22:34:19 GMT
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I got the SCSI Accelerator INIT from comp.binaries.mac, and since I just
bought a Nova 30, and hadn't even started loading it yet, it seemed like 
a good thing to try out.  Results:

I disassembled the INIT first, and the code is harmless, extremely harmless.
(Don't believe me, back up your stuff first.)

I installed it on the Nova, and it does seem to work a bit faster.  The main
problem is that I have no idea how to reformat the Nova for 1-to-1 interleave,
and the manual gives no hints on that or even what the present interleave
is.  Since the Nova comes with its own formatter, I guess I have to write
to MicroTech to find out.  (The best results are obtained with SCSI
Accelerator when a 1-to-1 interleave is used.)

Summary:

Looks like a good thing to have in your system folder for Mac Plus users,
and it's not even real big.

Disclaimer:  I don't even know the guy who wrote it.

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