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Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 18:27:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Blackout <blackout@igc.net>
To: Alyn <alyn@netcom.com>
Cc: "J. David Johnson" <jdavid@infinet.com>, toaster@webcom.webcom.com,
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Subject: Re: Best HD for FLYER?
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On Tue, 8 Aug 1995, Alyn wrote:
> Re HQ% compatable Flyer drives. I have posted this numerous times but
> I'll do it again. The IBM DFHS 4 Gig drives are 100% HQ5 compatable
> across the entire drive! I have eight of them and I get approximately 20
> minutes of hQ5 mode on each drive. These drives are hard to find but if
> you call IBm they can lead you to distributors. The DFHS dirves used to
> be called Ultrastar Xp but I think the name in the U.S. is Starfire or
> Spitfire.
>
> They get 5.2 megs minimum sustained on the drivespeed test and I have
> never had a dropped frame.
>
> To get this speed you have to do three things to update the firmware in
> the drive through IBM software. 1) disable Predictive failure analysis
> (pg1). 2)Enable write caching 3) Set read caching segments to 1 (the last
> to items are on pg8). This will give you all the horsepower you need to
> record HQ5 all day long with no glitches. I bought my first 4 drives
> from IBM germany for $1700.00 each and my last 4 in Los Angeles for $1500
> ea. I think the distributors will sell them new for about $1900.00. To
> my knowledge it is the only game in town for a 4 gig HQ5 compatable. I
> have pressured Newtek to test these drives but as usual they are dragging
> their butts. What else is new?
>
> Alyn
>
Wow, can this REALLY be true? A drive that works 100%????? You are the
first person to ever make such a claim! If such is the case, then I
will run out and buy a couple of them. Of course, I have never actually
seen the HQ5 mode work, is it truly lossless beta sp quality? That
is what I will be feeding into it most of the time.
Slap me again if you are telling me the truth.
Are you sure your not just playing?
Blackout@igc.net
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