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  2. From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
  4. Subject: Re: GS/OS FST
  5. Date: 7 Nov 1992 11:06:17 GMT
  6. Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
  7. Lines: 11
  8. Message-ID: <1dg7v9INNjnm@gap.caltech.edu>
  9. References: <AWILLIS.92Nov1041412@posse.mit.edu> <73965@apple.Apple.COM> <1992Nov5.051205.22724@nuscc.nus.sg> <1992Nov5.101520.4744@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <bazyar.720987514@teal>
  10. NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu
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  12. bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:
  13.  
  14. >interleave for optimum performance.  It also does some other highly
  15. >smart things (like blocks bigger than 512 bytes) for increased 
  16. >throughput.
  17.  
  18. Heck, HFS does bigger blocks too, but only to support volumes larger than 32
  19. megs.
  20.  
  21. Todd Whitesel
  22. toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu
  23.