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From: richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel)
Subject: Re: VL-bus HDD/FDD controller or IDE HDD/FDD controller?
In-Reply-To: taybh@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com's message of 20 Apr 93 13:30:17 GMT
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Sender: richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel)
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 19:24:16 GMT

In article <62890018@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com> taybh@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Beng Hang TAY) writes:

>   Hi,
>       I am buying a Quantum LPS240AT 245 MB hardisk and is deciding a
>       HDD/FDD controller. Is 32-bit VL-bus HDD/FDD controller faster 
>       than 16 bit IDE HDD/FDD controller card?

No, VL-bus IDE is no faster than ISA IDE.  The IDE interface is
fundamentally nothing more than an extension of the ISA bus, and if
you hook it to VL-bus it'll work as fast as the slower of the two,
meaning ISA speed.

>       I hear that
>       the VL bus controller is SLOWER than a IDE controller?

On the other hand, I wouldn't expect it to be *slower*...
-- 
Richard Krehbiel                                 richk@grebyn.com
OS/2 2.0 will do for me until AmigaDOS for the 386 comes along...
