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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: Controler for SCSI
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>> Funny, the 2920 is listed in the docs somewhere as not supported <the
>> only Adaptec so specified>.
>...
>The EIDE is about the same as what you could get with the Future
>Domain; both are PIO only.

Nope, EIDE supports PIO mode 4 (16.6MB/sec) and DMA at about the same
speed.  16.6MB/sec is standard for PCI EIDE controllers.  Crufty SCSI
PIO controllers are unlikely to be as fast.  New Quantum EIDE drives
support DMA at 33.3MB/sec.

Bruce