re: Sun Blade 100 vs Ultra 60

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

   Kurt J. Lidl wrote:
   > The T1 has an onboard IDE controller, which uses the CMD 646 controller.
   > Typically used for the CDROM in these machines. But it can be re-tasked
   > for hard drives as well.
   
   Heh, having used the CMD646 in the Ultra5 for disk access, I have one 
   word: "ewwwww".  Maybe the chip used in the T1/105 is a newer rev, but 
   the U5 got abysmal disk performance (due to UDMA being disabled to work 
   around a chip bug, AFAIR) when using the on-board CMD646.


that's why mine only ever have boot or backup disks there :-)
preferably flash drives...


.mrg.