[comp.sys.atari.st] Disk optimization

george@sequent.UUCP (George Emery) (03/22/89)

If I want to read/write to the standard format ST floppy, is the
best method (for speedy access) to buffer a whole track?  Or is
it faster to buffer enough sectors for one revolution of the disk?

What's the interleave?  How many sectors are on one track?  How 
many bytes in one sector?  Or does it matter at all?
(I know they're in a manual somewhere, but I don't seem to have
a manual that gives the numbers)

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