faster dos reads

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Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1989 02:43

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	Hi, I'm looking for some information on speeding up normal
AmigaDos reads. I've tried numerous different methods and these are the
numbers I've gotten:

200K files read:

Aztec fread: 22 secs
Aztec fgetc: 14 secs
AmiDos Read:  9 secs
load program (to run) 4 secs!

	now, what I'd like to know is how can I read the file sequentially
at the same speed it gets loaded to run?

	It probably isn't possible, but it sure would be nice ! :-)

	If I can't find a way to get the loading down in the 5-10
second range, I will probably try using the trackdisk device. Can anyone
tell me how fast I can expect that to go?

thanks in advance - Bruce Rogers
(currently u563694848ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu)

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Subject: faster dos reads
Summary: Fastest easy way to read disk
Keywords: DOS, slow, real slow, deadly slow
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Date: 20 Feb 89 02:43:01 GMT
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