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Article #33501Re: Rodime performance with new driver
From: Steve Bollinger
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1988 21:45
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1988 21:45
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From article <431@nikhefk.UUCP>, by paulm@nikhefk.UUCP (Paul Molenaar): > Immediately after noticing the new Rodime installer/driver software > showed up on the net, I downloaded the program and installed > it on my Rodime 45Mb drive for my SE. I formatted the driving using > an 1:1 interleave (that's what the program advised me to do). > I created four partitions and went thru the hours long process > of reinstalling all software. > > Then I ran Disktimer II, which showed me shocking results. The drive's > writing performance decreased dramatically. Now: >660 (whereas > the Dataframe list shows something like 55). I knew the Rodime > was slower, even with the older driver, but this is terrible... > > Anybody similar experiences? Is it just Disktimer or is it really > the driver? I hate to go thru the entire process of installing > the driver with a lower interleave... > > [wonder if anybody will notice this message between the next-bombardment] > ... > -- > Paul Molenaar > > "Just checking the walls" > - Basil Fawlty - Don;t use 1:1 on anything slower than 16Mhz. Steve Bollinger Unifersity of Michigan billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!caen.engin.umich.edu!billkatt From: billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu (Steve Bollinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Rodime performance with new driver Message-ID: <3f2d3f05.129dc@blue.engin.umich.edu> Date: 20 Oct 88 21:45:00 GMT References: <431@nikhefk.UUCP> Organization: U of M Engineering, Ann Arbor, Mich. Lines: 28