| From: | Alan Buxey |
| Date: | 6 Aug 2001 at 11:48:20 |
| Subject: | Re: AA22 review of the PlexWriter |
hi,
> The main thing that came across in the review, to me anyway, was that this
> drive was IDE, and IDE is crap. I acknowledge that Neil does clearly state
ummm, UDMA-100 IDE is perfectly fine for the average-semipro user. the old
IDE is naff...A1200 with PIO-0 IDE is dire. In fact the modern IDE
interface will outrun average SCSI-II controllers.
> that Flyer users should find it okay, and I think it was right for Neil to
> point out the crap abilities of standard Amiga IDE and compare them to a PC,
> but should "IDE is crap" really form the major premise of the review?
no. fast, expensive SCSI writer should form the premise :-)
> The boxout states:
> SYSTEM: Any Amiga with a fast IDE interface and plenty of RAM.
> SUMMARY: A good drive, but the Amiga with it's slow IDE interface, really
> needs a SCSI version.
> 2/4
>
> Plenty of RAM? Eh? What's this? There's no mention of RAM in the review. Is
> there a minimum required? And what is "plenty" nowadays on an Amiga, it used
> to be 8Mb? (I have 32Mb Fast, BTW)
well, lets put it this way, i have a 32Mb BUFFER for my CDWriting...yes,
thats just a buffer. by system has 96Mb of RAM. that 32Mb buffer buys me
enough time not to have underruns.
> going exclusively 'Classic Amiga' magazine forever..." Whilst I know David
> was talking about content not directly Amiga related, I feel that it is all
> part of the same thing. To me, it seemed as if the PlexWriter got a "bad"
> review cos the Amiga IDE interface is crap where-as it should have been the
> other way round.
?? what a bad review because the interface is good? Its not plextors
fault that the old Amigas have PIO-0 IDE interfaces from the dawn of IDE
time :-|
> PS. Once we do get a decent IDE interface with the AmigaONE, what is the
> comparison going to be like with respect to SCSI v IDE? Does SCSI still come
> out hands down, or should someone like me who no-longer has SCSI hardware
> keep to the cheaper IDE, or even go for USB?
only modern U-160 SCSI stuff is worth looking at to beat modern IDE. as
for USB? yeach, avoid THAT for disk/cd access. Firewite is fine (as is
USB-II, but not the classic USB)
alan
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