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From: dillon@ucbvax.ARPA (The Sherif "Matt D.")
Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm
Subject: Re: MSD Disk Drives
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Date: Tue, 5-Feb-85 18:19:57 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb  5 18:19:57 1985
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> What's your comment as to speed?
>                                          A. G. Percus
>                                   (ARPA) percus@nyu-acf4
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  If you connect a MSD single or MSD dual with the provided serial cable
it runs a only %91 of the speed of the 1541 disk drive. That is SLOWER
than the 1541. If you use a IEEE-488 interface (add $150-$200 to the cost)
you will get a %150-%200 loading speed improvement. Most IEEE interfaces
are VERY incompatible with software. There are only two that I know of
that are truly compatible... The Buscard II ($125 + $50 for a IEEE cable from
Batteries Included) and MSD Flash (about $90 from Skyles Electric Works,
comes with cable at no extra cost). The buscard is %151 of the speed of
the 1541. MSD Flash is %309 of the speed of a 1541. My recomendations for
a disk drive are::: get a 1541 and modify it so that it will NOT overheat
(If there is enough intrest I will post info on how to do this). Then,
if its slow speed bothers you invest in a disk speedup product like
(heh, heh) 1541 Flash!.
	What you have is a drive that is as Fast as a much more expensive
	MSD system, and compatible with all the software avalible, which 
	the MSD is not.

		-Bryce Nesbitt using "Matt's account"-