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From: warp
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 00:00

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Daniel J. Andrea II wrote:

> Going to 1024 byte sectors on the Zip ups it's rate to 1.1 megs/sec for reads.
> That's almost full speed on it (I get 1.2-1.3 megs/sec raw read speed)!  With
> 512 byte sectors, it runs about 500-700 K/sec.  Only problem is AmiBack still
> thinks it has 512 byte sectors, so I can only get 50 MB on a 100 MB disk.  I
> ended up putting it back to 512 byte sectors so the backups work correctly.  I
> think it's time I get a different backup program.

That's strange... i get 1.1mb/sec transfers with 512 byte sectors
with my ZIP drive (and also 1.2-1.3mb/sec raw speed).
I think the scsi host adapter plays a mayor part in it as well.
(I have a WarpEngine with onboard NCR FastSCSI2 controller
 and an internal SCSI ZIP drive...).

Ciao, wARP!

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From: warp <warp.otw@rijnhaave.net>
Subject: Re: filesystem block sizes
Date: 1996/12/02
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