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franks@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Frank Slootweg CRC) writes:

>  Only the *first* access (after insertion) to a floppy is slow because
>DR DOS 6.0 reads in the whole FAT for later faster access. This is
>documented in one of the information files on Novell's BBS and FTP
>system (no pointers handy, but can try to find them).
Except if you have an old 5.25" DSDD drive.  Each time the motor
starts up you have to wait 4 seconds instead of 2.5 seconds.
If you can type the next command before the 2 second motor off 
timeout expires it does work quickly!
Despite this I still prefer DR-DOS because it's memory management
works better than MS-DOS.

>  If you use Super PC-Kwik then all subsequent accesses to your floppies
>will be very fast. (On my system) There is however always a very short
>access (floppy drive light) even if the data is already in the cache
>(and the volume-change detection is working correctly). I never
>understood why that is.
My guess is that it is an attempt to save time if the floppy is actually
needed on a later transfer.
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Russell Lang   Email: rjl@fawlty4.eng.monash.edu.au   Phone: (03) 565 3460
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Monash University, Australia