Re: This isn't Not_Gripe_Of_The_Month

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From: Richard Clayton
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 00:00

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In article <838469098snz@pdlmail.demon.co.uk>, Peter Disdale
<Pete@pdlmail.demon.co.uk> writes
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>Could be that my 486/66 is no longer state of the art, but it
>ought to be quick enough to keep up with an aging ka9q.  I've
>of course been through Tuning.faq, though the only solution
>I've come up with that stops overruns is using a RAM disk for
>the news batch.  This leads me to believe that my hard disk
>subsystem (with or without Dumbdrv, Norton Cache etc.) is
>simply not up to the 16550AF running at 115200bps.

Tuning.faq does not contain the advice "disable IDE block mode transfer"
which seems to cure a lot of systems. If this is possible on your
machine it will be an option in the BIOS.

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