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Article #263Re: DOS Drive is Slow!!!!!#%$@#&^#@$
From: Don Yacktman
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 20:15
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 20:15
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In article <1992Jul27.155939.4554@trilithon.mpk.ca.us>, henry@trilithon.mpk.ca.us (Henry McGilton) writes: >In article <HARDY.92Jul26180640@golem.ps.uci.edu> hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu >(Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) writes: > * If it is any consolation to you: copying a 1.2 MB file to a DOS > * formatted 1.44 MB diskette on a SONY MIPS portable took about as long > * as copying from the DOS disk to the NeXT filesystem. > >Sun SparcStations are just as slow reading DOS floppies. I timed >it out once -- the effective transfer rate is less than 2000 bytes >per second. I had postulated they had used a serial (RS232) interface >to the disk, just like the ancient Apple II drives. > > ........ Henry Hey! Be fair! I think my Apple ]['s disk is faster than my NeXT with DOS disks! I hate to see folks not give my ][ a fair shake! :-) Seriously, the performance of the NeXT floppy drive is dismal. They should be really embarrassed about that. In fact, so embarrassed that it gets _fixed_. Soon. -Don Yacktman
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Nntp-Posting-Host: oregon.et.byu.edu Lines: 22 Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!gatech!news.byu.edu!news Message-ID: <!u@byu.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 14:15:39 MDT From: yackd@oregon.et.byu.edu (Don Yacktman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Distribution: world References: <HARDY.92Jul26180640@golem.ps.uci.edu> <1992Jul27.155939.4554@trilithon.mpk.ca.us> Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA Subject: Re: DOS Drive is Slow!!!!!#%$@#&^#@$