CompuServe Messages

Ok, point by point. I assume you're using scsidos 3.0 and ffs correctly on what sounds like an adaptec 40?0 controller with the C-Ltd host adaptor. Or if you're not yet using both ffs and 3.0 maybe the omti. So, if you went to the new board, you may, depending some factors, get 2 – 3 times the speed in terms of diskperf (other work should do pretty well) in actual IO work, you will eliminate most of the floppy grinding (it still must check df0 to see if you have a bootable floppy inserted), and in a given amount of time, limited mainly by the Amiga's ability to run the programs involved. I do many things on bootup, including making favorite commands resident, many assigns, path adds, startup virusx, screenx, gomf2.2 and assorted other things. Yes, there is time for the booting to take place, and I don't know how much, though they tell me that much of it depends on the drive – the board waits for the drive to be ready before trying to boot from it. Note that certain (I believe Seagate) drives cannot autoboot on one particular scsi board because it doesn't wait for them. So, if getting much better disk speed is worth $100 for the board (and $30-60 for the 1.3 rom) then go for it. I expect to have one of the first of the new boards (first run) in a few weeks. Ron