Re: Disk Speedup

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From: Mark O. Jansen
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1989 23:50

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in article <1407@ultb.UUCP>, adw3345@ultb.UUCP (A.D. Williams) says:
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>  Is there a program that will speed up disk access on my hard disk? I
> was putting some files into a partition from a number of diskettets. It
> seemed that it took an awfully long time to find free space as the disk
> filled up.
...
>  Does TOS 1.4 help with this ? What can I do in the meantime?  
> 

Yes, Rainbow TOS (a.k.a. TOS 1.4) helps with this.  A LOT.  There are
speedup programs available in the meantime, but I have not used them, and
have no idea how stable/fast/trustworthy they are.  I'd recommend you
get Rainbow TOS, for this and lots of other reasons.


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Subject: Re: Disk Speedup
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