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- From: bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw)
- Subject: Re: Rediculously slow floppy drives after 286->486 upgrade. Help?
- Message-ID: <bob1.724603878@cos>
- Organization: Corporation for Open Systems
- References: <widow.724576075@camelot>
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- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:51:18 GMT
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- In <widow.724576075@camelot> widow@camelot.bradley.edu (Shaun Burnett) writes:
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- > 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.
-
- I don't know the exact cause of the slowness, but regardless of whose
- DOS you use, I've seen this on every 286 I've 'upgraded'. Maybe they
- did something with the 386 and 486 BIOSs to enhance hard disk access
- at the expense of floppy access?
-
- Kind of off-putting though.
-
- >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)
-
- Bob.
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