Re: Partitioning a disk with data on it

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From: ric
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 00:00

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Rebecca and Rowland <real-address-in-sig@flurbletigibbet.rhubarb.foobar>
wrote:

> ric <btgsch@rmplc.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
Big Snip
> 
> > Talking of speed brings up a rather interesting point. When I first got
> > the machine, I benchmarked it and then did a clean install of 7.1 and
> > the benchmarks fell by around 30%. I finally tracked this down to the
> > A/ROSE extension, so beware if you've got this installed, life could be
> > slower than it needs be.
> 
> Curious; what does this extension do?  (I've not seen it, you see).
> 
It's the Apple Real Time Operating System Extensdion, which is
used by some NuBus boards, specifically Token Ring Network Cards.
All I can think is that it frequently polls the board, reducing
available CPU.
-- 
'ric

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From: btgsch@rmplc.co.uk (ric)
Subject: Re: Partitioning a disk with data on it
Date: 1998/01/04
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