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Article #1159Re: Amiga and ST (important comparisons!)
From: Ed Nather
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1985 19:38
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1985 19:38
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> ... and makes for the fastest micro
> computer disk access that I have ever seen. The ST brings in a 32K file
> in less than 4 seconds, including drive start up, directory search, etc.
> The Amiga takes almost 20 seconds!! Maybe you like waiting, I don't.
> Sincerely, John DeMar, QMI.
Hmmmmmm ... my IBM PC/XT searches, locates, loads and begins executing a
44K file is less than 2 seconds. The XT is the one with the slow disk --
the AT is faster. Sounds like a hard disk would cut waiting time a lot
on *both* the Amiga and the 520ST.
--
Ed Nather
Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utastro.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!qantel!dual!vecpyr!lll-crg!mordor!ut-sally!utastro!nather From: nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari,net.micro.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga and ST (important comparisons!) Message-ID: <16@utastro.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 15:38:07 EDT Article-I.D.: utastro.16 Posted: Fri Oct 4 15:38:07 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Oct-85 04:32:01 EDT References: <377@eneevax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 16