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- From: copseypl@aston.ac.uk (Paul Copsey)
- Subject: Re: Zip Drive
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- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 11:22:48 GMT
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- Colin Palmer (cpalmer@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz) wrote:
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- : I did a comprehensive test on my ZIP drive after posting this (I would
- : have done it before, but I have to reboot to get accurate CPU figures),
- : and it's worse than I thought, even on an A1200-030/50 you have 0% CPU
- : time free while accessing the ZIP drive. It also showed than on small
- : files the ZIP drive wouldn't be much faster than a floppy disk!
-
- As for the speed, that`s about what I get, but running it on the Blizzard
- I have ~40-50% processor free.
-
- : > One thing that I find useful is using a disk caching program (assuming you
- : > have some free memory to allocate to it) which greatly improves the speed,
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- : Any thoughts on a good caching program to use? I use Fastcache on my
- : harddisk, but it crashed when I tried it with the ZIP drive.
-
- I tried fastcache too, and got the same result. ATM I`m using Dynamicache,
- which was suppliedd with my blizzard, which seems to be a good option, as
- it has a specific setting for removable drives. I have looked on aminet for
- it, but I could`nt find it, as I would like to get some docs for it, as none
- came with the blizzard!
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- Paul
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