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- From: jmrg9881@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jon Reid)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: ICONS are just too damn slow.
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- Date: 13 Nov 92 18:28:26 GMT
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- mneylon@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Michael Neylon) writes:
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- >slhmz@cc.usu.edu writes:
- >: Hi.
- >:
- >: When I open a disk or a drawer on the workbench, the disk grinds
- >: and SLOOoooowly... puts up the icons. It is like the icons are
- >: stored extremely far apart from each other.
- >:
- >: Wouldn't the icons load in MUCH faster if they were all in a row on the disk
- >: instead of spread out everywhere? It is a real pain for the icons to pop
- >: up so slow. Is there a utility that will put the icons next to each other on
- >: the disk for faster loading or something. If so, how well does it work?
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- >I know B.A.D, a disk optimizer, has a workbench mode, such that all the
- >.info files are stored in one plaec.
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- I believe ReOrg also has this option. B.A.D. is a (fairly old) commercial
- product, whereas ReOrg is recent, has a neat interface, is faster than
- B.A.D., and is available at FTP sites.
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- Jon Reid j-reid@uiuc.edu GEnie: THE.REIDS
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