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- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 11:01:30 EST
- From: <DXR8@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <92352.110130DXR8@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Rediculously slow floppy drives after 286->486 upgrade. Help?
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- References: <widow.724576075@camelot>
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- In article <widow.724576075@camelot>, widow@camelot.bradley.edu (Shaun Burnett)
- says:
- >
- > I upgraded my system from a 286/12.5 to a 486/33. I took
- > the two drives that came with my 286 (1.44M and 1.2M), and put
- > them in the 486.
- >
- > Now I know that floppy drive access under DR-DOS 6.0 is slow,
- > but now it is painfully slow. In fact, it seems slower than
- > when I had the 286.
- >
- > Anyone have any suggestions or insight? I don't have the slow
- > drive access problem under OS/2 2.0.
- >
- >
- >Shaun Burnett | "You can't survive on a new planet with a
- >widow@camelot.bradley.edu | soul full of hope and fresh air you know."
- >OS/2--Happy Happy Joy Joy--OS/2 - Dr. Who (Tom Baker)
-
- Did you try increasing your DOS BUFFER statement, on my 386 there is a
- big difference on the floppy/HD when increasing the buffers from 10 to 50.
-
- Brian
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