Re: TWGS Upgrade Availability?

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

Supertimer wrote:

> Actually, I found (with RamFAST DMA off and Apple DMA on) that the
> situations you describe (booting System 6.0.1 with stuff and launching
> AWGS...WITHOUT all modules because that causes AWGS to bug
> freak) is where the Apple High Speed SCSI is faster.  The RamFAST
> had 256k of RAM.
>
> The reason for our different results might be due to the type of SCSI
> drive used.  I tested on a really large hard drive with a large cache.
>
> The RamFAST's caching is most effective relative the Apple card when
> the drive is slow and has no built in cache of its own (or a small one).

 The drive size could be a factor, I'll have to admit I've never compared
the cards with any drive over 700mb. On a larger drive the Apple High Speed
SCSI card could be faster. However on drives 100-700 I found the Ramfast
with DMA off to be about 15% faster. I wish I'd thought to do a comparison
when I had a 4 gig hooked up to the RamFast.

     Wayne