Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!rochester!PT.CS.CMU.EDU!andrew.cmu.edu!dg2l+ From: dg2l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Douglas Phillip Ghormley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga 2000 HD Situation Message-ID:Date: 12 Dec 87 00:00:42 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Lines: 18 In article <2855@sdsu.UUCP> uzun@sdsu.UUCP (William Uzun) writes: > ...but the controller is what got to me! >It formats the disk with a 1:1 sector interleave (versus about 3:1 with current >software and 2090) which means the files are stored as phyically contiguous >sectors for increased speed, It buffers full tracks (a great trick since it >is often just as fast to read a track as it is a single sector) and stores >data in RLL format (for about 3Xs the data per sector almost tripling the >effective Xfer rate). The tech I talked too said they intend to support >auto boot as well! Correct me if I'm wrong, but you would use this controller instead of the 2090? What controller is it and is it compatible with the A2000 hardware? Douglas Ghormley dg2l+@andrew.cmu.edu