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Re: Transwarp and Apple High Speed SCSI card question....



FWIW, my tests have shown that the old-style "slow" Apple SCSI card is
faster than the high-speed SCSI card with DMA turned off. Therefore, my
system has a TW and the old-type card.

TomZ


Dave Morrison <deth@idx.com.au> wrote in article
<34811F80.AFB37B6@idx.com.au>...
> >
> > You therefore have two options:
> >
> > 1. Fast CPU and slow disk I/O (TransWarp enabled, DMA on SCSI card
> > disabled).
> >
> > 2. Slow CPU and fast disk I/O (TransWarp disabled, DMA on SCSI card
> > enabled).
> >
> > I'd suggest the former is more useful.
> >
> 
> Thanks for the help. Figured it out about two hours before reading this
> post :-) You were right, it was just the DMA. Changed switch one turning
> off DMA and the drive runs fine. Thanks to all who emailed with help.
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
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