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Article #13613Re: DataFrame 20/40 XP upgrade
From: Paul Menon
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1986 22:38
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1986 22:38
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In article <1091@zen.BERKELEY.EDU>, korn@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Peter "Arrgh" Korn) writes:
> ...the new "drivers" using the initializer 2.1 (to be found in the
> ~/pub/mac directory of ucbvax.berkeley.edu's public ftp). The
> timings I got using DiskTimer (the older version) were as follows:
>
> Initializer 1.5 2.1 drivers 2.1 initialized full XP
>
> ~29.x read/write ~27.x r/w ~21.x r/w 15/14.9 r/w
>
> So, as SuperMac claims, the XP gives about a 100% speed increase, given
> 32K blocks per read/write...
Errr, a 100% speed increase means doing something in no time flat!
Now, we have a couple of DF's down under here, can we get the same improvement?
(Perhaps the coriolis force would prevent this from happening)
Keep Shmiling
Paul Menon.
Dept of Communication & Electronic Engineering,
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!munnari!moncskermit!goanna!yabbie!rcopm From: rcopm@yabbie.rmit.oz (Paul Menon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: DataFrame 20/40 XP upgrade Message-ID: <373@yabbie.rmit.oz> Date: Mon, 24-Nov-86 17:38:13 EST Article-I.D.: yabbie.373 Posted: Mon Nov 24 17:38:13 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Nov-86 09:55:02 EST References: <1091@zen.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: RMIT Comm & Elec Eng, Melbourne, Australia. Lines: 27 Summary: hmmm... 100% speed increase eh?