Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!sunic!chalmers!tekno.chalmers.se!cth_co From: cth_co@tekno.chalmers.se (CHRISTER OLSSON) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Buffred Seek with CMI 6640 (value) Message-ID: <905@tekno.chalmers.se> Date: 17 Aug 89 20:15:24 GMT Organization: Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden Lines: 16 I've a HD from CMI (Computer Memories Inc) with the name CMI 6640 ( 6 heads, 640 tracks, 35ms acess) but i don't know about the buffred seek time on it. My controllercard is a old Xebec with following step options: Non buffring Seek - 3.0 ms (old ST506) Buffred Seek - 200 us (ST412) 70 us 30 us 15 us 12 us My question: Can CMI 6640 handle 12us buffred seek or must i use a higher value? /Christer Olsson