RE: Twinax Card and Win95

[jdraper@xxxxxxx (Jerry Draper)]

>In other words, BOS took two out of three of the top three places?
>   at 12:48 PM, jdraper@wco.com (Jerry Draper) said:
>#News/400 did file transfer tests with the BOS card in "stealth" mode (3
>#times slower), the BOS card in "IBM" mode (twice as slow), and the
>#Synapse card (fastest).

Naw, Synapse were the fasterest.  This was in News/400 Product Quarterly
Spring 1996 issue.  The actual test was a 5MB file using Netsoft file
transfer.  Synapse took 1.7 minutes, BOS in IBM register compatible mode
took 3.3 minutes, and BOS in "stealth" mode took 5.7 minutes.  

The "stealth" mode actually slightly slows down the PC (imperceptible to the
eye but noticeable when benchmarking a file transfer).  I believe that BOS
recommends use of the IRQ for optimum speed.  There are "conditions" related
to "stealth" mode.

With Synapse there are no special situations, fine print, or conditions.  It
only runs in one mode -- fast and no footprint in the PC -- any PC.

Regards, Jerry




Jerry Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
Specializing in connecting PC's, Windows, MAC's, and LAN's to the AS/400
Representing Synapse, Apple, IBM, UDS, Andrew, MI, DCI, Netsoft, etc.
(415) 457-3431; (415) 258-1658fax; jdraper@wco.com

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