Subject: Re: more -current error
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Tom T. Thai <tomthai@future.net>
List: current-users
Date: 06/18/1997 08:34:07
On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Jason Thorpe wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Jun 1997 16:12:54 -0500 (CDT) 
>  "Tom T. Thai" <tomthai@future.net> wrote:
> 
>  > oh, good, I just went out and got the AHA1542CP card today :<  I was 
>  > reading the Install doc for 1.2D and it was listed.. so I thought.. what 
>  > the hell.. see if it's the HDs or the card.. am I back at square 1?
> 
> Uhh...
> 
> While the 1542CP is an OK card, it is definitely not my choice for
> a system where you want real performance.  If you're using more than
> 16M, some transfers will be "bounced" (i.e. lots of data copies!).

I thought that buffer bounce was fixed recently?  I think I read it on 
the list?
> 
> For a server, you _really_ want a PCI SCSI interface.
> 
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