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From: rhealey@gorp.ssesco.com (Rob Healey)
Subject: Re: BSD UNIX
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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1993 01:59:11 GMT
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In article <CCuHI1.M97@eunet.ch> mw@eunet.ch (Markus Wild) writes:
>>	Hey now! B^). I'll pit the 3000's 0.9 I/O performance against any
>>	386 or 486 based system any day!
>>
[ stuff deleted ]
>>	I run SVR4 on my Amiga tho so I'm not 100% up to date on 0.9's
>>	status.
>
>Huh.. take care Rob.. The A3000 does indeed have nice I/O performance,
>but you won't exploit it with Amiga SVR4.. this one contains one of the
>most dreadful implementations of a scsi driver I've seen on the amiga...
>
	I base that bold claim on tests done on a friends machine and not mine.

	I took care to say the 0.9 SCSI driver would put ISA/EISA based
	SCSI I/O to shame. I agree the SVR4 driver is the most pathetic
	excuse for a SCSI driver I've seen in my entire life.

	Thanks for the info relative to the other aspects of the port.

		-Rob