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SCSI vs. IDE Bus Mastering for DAWs, Part 6
by D. Glen Cardenas and Jose M. Catena
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Notes: References

"Troubleshooting Common System Configuration Issues - Windows 95/98 INF Update Utility - Bus Master IDE Driver for Windows 95" Revision 2.1 August 1998 by Sandeep Brahmarouthu and Alex Chung. published by Intel Corp. http://www.intel.com

"The PC Guide" Version 1.10.1 Aug 15, 1999 by Charles M. Kozierok. http://www.pcguide.com

"SCSI vs. EIDE: The Real Story" by Nick Stam (c) 1997 Ziff-Davis Inc. from PC Magazine On Line. http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pclabs/report/r960702a.htm

"Command-Tag Queuing and Asynchronous I/O" by Nick Stam (c) 1997 Ziff-Davis Inc. from PC Magazine On Line. http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pclabs/report/r960702b.htm

"List of SCSI device/host adapter problems people have submitted to me" page by Gary Field from the web site http://www.scsifaq.org

"SCSI Just Keeps On Rolling - How SCSI Works" by Neil Randall (c) 1998 Ziff-Davis Inc. from PC Magazine On Line. http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pctech/content/17/05/tu1705.004.html

"Ultra SCSI White Paper" (c) 1999 by Quantum Inc. http://www.quantum.com/src/whitepapers/wp_ultrascsi.htm

"More efficient command and data transfer with packetized SCSI"  (c) Nov., 1999 by IBM Inc. http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl/library/whitepap/tech/hdwpacket.htm

"Ultra2 SCSI (LVD): The Low-Risk, High-Performance Solution" (c) 1999 by Quantum Inc. http://www.quantum.com/src/whitepapers/wp_ultra2.htm

X3T9.2 committee's draft ANSI specification of the SCSI-2 standard, revision 10L. (approved on January 31, 1994).Transcription by Gary Bartlett Dec. 1994. http://www-micro.deis.unibo.it/~rambaldi/SCSI/SCSI2.html

"SCSI Remains the I/O Interface of Choice for Workstations: An Analysis Comparing SCSI and Ultra DMA" a White Paper prepared by the SCSI Trade Association January 1998 by Thomas W. Martin and Andy Scholl http://www.scsita.org/whitepaper/techinfo.html

Weboedia, Online Dictionary and Search Engine for Computer and Internet technology. http://webopedia.internet.com/

"Ultra ATA/66 Extends Existing Technology While Increasing Performance and Data Integrity" (c)1999 Western Digital Corporation. http://www.westerndigital.com/products/drives/drivers-ed/ata66tp.html

"Virtual Memory Optimization" by José M Catena April 1998 published by ProRec.com http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/files/37CF0883DA091849862565D300788E6E

 

Credits:

Thanks to the following people for submitting their DSKBENCH results

John Bartelt
Dean Brewer
Keni Fink
David Hallock
David Light
Kraig Olmstead
Jim Roseberry
Jan van Schalkwyk 
John Vernon

 

Article Related Links:

SCSI Trade Association Web Site: http://www.scsita.org/index.html

Adaptec Inc. Web Site: http://www.adaptec.com

Weboedia, Online Dictionary and Search Engine for Computer and Internet technology: http://webopedia.internet.com/

Microsoft Web Site: http://www.microsoft.com

Intel Corp Web Site: http://www.intel.com

Quantum Inc. Web Site: http://www.quantum.com

Samsung Web Site: http://www.samsungelectronics.com/hdd/index02.html

IBM Disk Drives Web Site: http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl.htm

Maxtor Web Site: http://www.maxtor.com

Fujitsu Web Site: http://www.fcpa.com

Western Digital Web Site: http://www.westerndigital.com

Seagate Web Site: http://www.seagate.com

Cakewalk Music Software web site: http://www.cakewalk.com

Gadget Labs web site: http://www.gagetlabs.com

Pro Rec Webzine: http://www.prorec.com

On-line price comparisons from: http://www.lowerprices.com

Intel bus master driver for Windows 95: http://developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/drivers/busmastr/index.htm

Windows 95/98 INF Update utility: http://developer.intel.com/design/software/drivers/platform/440.htm

DMACHECK.EXE download from: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q191/7/74.asp

Good advice for Windows NT bus mastering install: http://www.arstechnica.com/tweak/nt/udma.html

On-line source of PC hardware information and reviews: http://www.tomshardware.com

Gary Field's site devoted to SCSI information: http://www.scsifaq.org

Download DSKBENCH from José Catena's business web site: http://www.SESA.es/

Personal web site for D. Glen Cardenas: http://www.txconnect.com/home/ignot



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