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- From: mworden@public.compusult.nf.ca (Mark Worden)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Proper mask, transfer rate, etc.
- Date: 4 Apr 1996 19:15:12 GMT
- Organization: Compusult Limited - Public Access Unix
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- Subject: Proper mask, transfer rate, etc.
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Organization: Compusult Limited - Public Access Unix
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- Can anyone tell me what the proper mask, transfer rate, etc. should be on
- my A3000 with 100MB Quantum hard drive and a Zip drive? Both drives have
- been formatted with the Fast File System (I have Workbench v2.1).
-
- I checked out these settings using HDToolbox, and for my Zip drive these
- were the current settings:
-
- Mask: 0x7ffffffe
- Max. transfer rate: 0xffffff
-
- I was told that I should have a mask of 0xfffffffc for the Zip drive (I
- didn't get a suggestion for the hard drive...maybe it should be the
- same?). I tried this mask, but it didn't seem to make any difference (I
- didn't re-boot after changing it...should I?).
-
- According to SysInfo v3.15, I'm only getting about 570K/sec
- transfer rate for the Zip drive, and about 750K/sec for the hard drive.
- I was told that SysInfo isn't the best for measuring these speeds, but
- that it should at least report better figures than this.
-
- The hard drive *may* be a little fragmented, but the Zip drive shouldn't
- be too bad (I just got it recently).
-
- Are the mask and transfer rates as defined in HDToolbox out to lunch, and
- if so what should they be?
-
- Please e-mail me with any help. Thanks.
-
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