re is mb sec hd transfer slow for dx eisa with ultrastor f in apr odin diku dk phantom diku dk haktan bulut writes hi i recently switched my old amiga with a dx my computer configuration is dx mhz kb eisa micronics motherboard asic eisa mhz mb ram st n mb harddisk scsi ultrastor f eisa cache controller when i use norton harddisk benchmark i get a harddisk data transfer about kb sec and sometimes mb sec is that good i thought that with eisa i could get about mb sec somewhere in the manual for my harddisk i have read that some host adapters need to perform a low level format to optimize the harddisk performance in that system do i need that a guy i know gets a hd transfer about mb sec and he has an st a and a isa dx how can a isa with the same system be faster is there anything that i can do to get a speedier harddisk dont rely on benchmarks they often show incorrect due to different tsr programs scsi often needs a driver to get the speed from the card make sure the card is operating in synchronus mode which is x faster you can disable disconnect and get some kb s but just to loose the mouse or other int s when diskaccesing i get mb s with dx lb and scsi lb and maxtor lxt sy coretest i get mb s sysinfo jens ejvinson nackstavagen c vii internet asyvan solace hsh se s sundsvall sweden tel act sweden fax nope advanced computer technology bbs not yet
