In a message of  mark lewis (1:3634/12@fidonet) writes:
 GL> This got me thinking to another old problem on some machines,
 GL> it may not be Bill's problem but...  if he has IDE drives it
 GL> might be a contributor... wasn't it also advised that LBA mode
 GL> be turned off?  Wasn't that something that could hold off
 GL> communications interupts? I also notice that you're posting
 GL> from a new location...
 ml> not LBA... that would prevent the use of most large drives... i think 
 ml> you are thinking about multiple block mode... that's where the 
 ml> controller will que up several requests to be serviced at once. some 
 ml> early controllers did hold off the interrupts too long with multi block 
 ml> mode turned on...
Thanks Mark, I'm just not an IDE person, went from MFM to ESDI to SCSI 
self.
   Gene Lowry
 
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