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Article #236Re: DOS Drive is Slow!!!!!#%$@#&^#@$
From: Laurent Amon
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 22:56
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 22:56
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In article <1992Jul25.195150.4262@mksol.dseg.ti.com> dahla@mksol.dseg.ti.com
(alexander dahl) writes:
> Am I just dreaming or what. But to get something off of the
> net I must FTP to a PeeCee machine. To get it to mine is
> via Floppy Net.
>
> I cannot imagine that it would be that BIG of a deal to
> pass out the "new, faster" DOS driver for the NeXT floppy.
>
> Did I miss something along the way or did NeXT just decide
> that everyone was greatfully enjoyed with a disk drive that
> is slower than a Sinclair floppy?
Well, the DOS filesystem on the NeXT *is* slow. So slow that you
shouldn't use the workspace to transfer files on DOS disks. You should grab
the mtools from the net. They are infinitely faster.
I've heard that the problem is fixed in 3.0, although I may be
dreaming.
Lga.
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|"I don't know what it's called, but
Laurent Amon | we're doing one about going to see
e-mail: amon@cs.stanford.edu | a wizard. Something about following
lga@sandman.stanford.edu | a yellow sick toad. (Moving Pictures)
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