Hi Rod,

 HM>> Controller or bus speed problem. My Western Digital 730mb
 HM>> with a QD6600-based controller gets 1.7mb/s, 8.9ms access.

 GB>> 1.7mb??! HAHAHAHA! Christ, my Conner 170mb drive gives me just
 GB>> under 4mb/second with a VLB controller on my 486SX-33...
 GB>> BWAHAHAHA..

 RS> Only when you use a mindless benchmark which thrashes a few sectors
 RS> between the motherboard ram and the tiny drive on board cache. Thats
 RS> not anything remotely like the real measure of drive speed. THATs
 RS> determined by the speed at which the sectors move under the heads
 RS> and that Conner drive doesnt get within a bulls roar of that rate.

CheckitPro 1.07 not good enough for you Rod?

--- FMailX/386 1.0g+ :)