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Article #33534

Re: Rodime performance with new driver

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From: Steven Martin
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1988 14:33
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In article <431@nikhefk.UUCP> paulm@nikhefk.UUCP (Paul Molenaar) writes:
> 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...

I'm copying this off of the screen from the Rodime Installer Utility
that I downloaded.

Optimum Interleave Ratios:

  Macintosh II    1:1
  Macintosh SE    2:1
  Macintosh Plus  3:1

Methinks you read incorrectly.

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From: martin@home.csc.ti.com (Steven Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Rodime performance with new driver
Message-ID: <61460@ti-csl.CSNET>
Date: 20 Oct 88 14:33:00 GMT
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