Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!super!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!cadre!pitt!cisunx!ejkst From: ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: 2090A speed Keywords: I feel the need, the need for speed. Message-ID: <14015@cisunx.UUCP> Date: 30 Nov 88 06:30:00 GMT References: <1106@esunix.UUCP> Reply-To: ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Eric J. Kennedy) Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys Lines: 20 In article <1106@esunix.UUCP> blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes: >This seems awfully slow for a DMA controller, especially since a >couple of friends with the old, non-DMA, CLtd SCSI controller are >getting 300K to 350K. One has an ST506 (really, a 5M ST506) with a SCSI- ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >ST506 adapter, and the other has a 65M Seagate SCSI (I don't know the Hey, I've got an old, non-DMA, CLtd SCSI controller, with an ST506-type drive and SCSI-ST506 adapter, and I can get 70K on a good day! That's *with* the fast file system! (30-40K with the old file system.) I didn't think speeds in the 300K range were possible. What can I do to speed it up? This is a stock CLtd. 33Meg drive system for the A1000. Thanks, -- --- Eric Kennedy ejkst@cisunx.UUCP