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Article #8622Re: Quantum ROM fix report
From: Allen Edmiston
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1989 19:10
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1989 19:10
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In article <32331@auc.UUCP>, rar@auc.UUCP (Rodney Ricks) says:
>< Oddly enough, the problem does seem to have "fixed itself" after approx.
><1 month of hyperactive, rattling, performance-degrading accesses on my IIcx.
>
>I wonder if it would be a good idea for users who just got the fix to just
>let the system sit for a few days and "exercise" itself to get rid of the
>performance problem?
><-ken
>Rodney
how about running SCSI Evaluator on it? you can have that run a seek test
timer which will do 10,000 random seeks. if this is true that after the
drive has gotten "worn in" that it works better, you could run these seek
timers and find out (and in the process give your drive a good workout)
Adrian Sullivan
axs@psuarch.bitnet
ale101@psuvm.bitnet borrowed
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!psuvm!ale101 From: ALE101@PSUVM.BITNET (Allen Edmiston) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Quantum ROM fix report Message-ID: <89334.141000ALE101@PSUVM.BITNET> Date: 30 Nov 89 19:10:00 GMT References: <14618@well.UUCP> <9323@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <20837@mimsy.umd.edu> <27801@dhw68k.cts.com> <32331@auc.UUCP> Organization: Penn State University Lines: 18