CompuServe Thread

#EPU Use???

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#97595From: Frank RogelApr 28, 1993 4:06 PM
This Times Two product you are talking about sounds sorta like a PerStor controller for the IBM. I have had experience with the PerStor controller and would not recommend it to anyone. It killed alot of drives on our BBS in short order and once we replaced it with a SCSI controller and some new drives we have not had a problem since. I don't like a controller that changes the manufacturers recommended formatting procedure.
#97634From: Christopher TolmieApr 28, 1993 8:09 PM
Frank, Times Two is not a controller but some sort of sector level software driver. It intercepts the OS read/writes to the disk, and doubles the storage of the drive through its compressions rountines. I guess its like AutoDoubler for the MAC, and DRDOS 6.0 and MS-DOS 6.0. I believe all three are are sector level compression disk drivers. What I hear about Times Two is that once its installed on the disk you can move it from one machine to another without the machine needing to have it installed, for example on a 44MB SyQuest Cartridge that you installed the Times Two on, and you take it to your local service bureau that doesn't use T x T. Chris