Wondering who all here uses a SCSI CD-drive in their big box Amiga's. I've used them for years with excellent results on the hardware side. Different brands, writers or dedicated readers, whatever.
I did recently have one fail on me though and decided to replace it with an old 4x speed Apple branded one which got me to thinking... not about the Apple brand (which is probably Mitsumi or Panasonic? I forget) which I've really never had a problem with, but am wondering about its speed.
I know there are plenty of variables here such as DMA and RAM, controller cards, revisions of chips on SCSI cards, etc. but in real world terms... what kind of luck have you guys and gals had with drives faster than say, 8x or 10x? You feel they last as long or are reliable data transfer wise? Is there a point where a certain speed drive either becomes irrelevant performance wise or a detriment to itself? And what I mean by that is, can/does the Amiga "choke" after a certain speed?
Mainly thinking about GVP and the A2091 controller here. One of my A2000's has a 50mhz 030 in it and the other has a 28mhz SupraTurbo accelerator (damn nice piece of kit if you ask me). I kind of played it cheap and conservative going with the 4x drive, was only $15 shipped, but am wondering just how fast I could have theoretically and reliably gone...
