Re: Can a GS run IDE drives greater than 256MB? -- Focus vs. SHH

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

wsmith@NOSPAM.ctron.com (Will Smith) wrote:

>On 17 Feb 1998 12:42:22 GMT, supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:
>
>|>Can the GS run IDE drives greater than 256MB in size?
>
>///SHH SYSTEME
>Dipl. Ing. Joachim Lange
>Bergstrasse 95
>82131  Stockdorf
>Germany
>
>Main Features
>--------------
> 
>- This is the fastest hard disk controller ever built for
>  the Apple II. (see data transfer rate)
> 
>- The only IDE hard disk controller (except its predecessor
>  Turbo IDE Card) for the Apple II that supports DMA (Direct
>  Memory Access) for fastest disk access.
> 
>- Supports two hard drives up to 2 (two) GBytes capacity each.

Sounds like a good controller.  Is it really faster than the SCSI cards?
Did anyone buy this controller yet?

In a Focus vs. this card comparison, which is better?  The Focus is
more popular and less expensive, but this card seems to be more
powerful.  Can a Focus also control 3.5" IDE drives, like this one?