IDE & Max Transfer - Page 4

Orionis5 · 04 December 2023, 12:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by fgh

A buffered interface allows longer cables but has no relation to the maxtransfer issue (which is a software ‘bug’ due to changes in the ATA specification)

Cool, so setting stands also with buffered one. Thanks

Jope · 04 December 2023, 13:25

Yep, the buffer here is not a memory buffer like your OS has, but it's an electrical buffer that amplifies signals on the bus. It's basically invisible to the computer, only adding a tiny bit of latency as the signals propagate through it.

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04 December 2023, 13:25	#62
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,863	Yep, the buffer here is not a memory buffer like your OS has, but it's an electrical buffer that amplifies signals on the bus. It's basically invisible to the computer, only adding a tiny bit of latency as the signals propagate through it.

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