c60c-1gd@web-1c.berkeley.edu (Joon Song) (09/08/90)
Are there any hard disk cache programs available for the AMIGA? If not, is there a limitation in the SCSI interface that prevents the use of a disk cache? Thanks for any info, Joon Song c60c-1gd@web.berkeley.edu
hclausen@adspdk.CBMNET (Henrik Clausen) (09/13/90)
>In article <1990Sep7.211321.989@agate.berkeley.edu> c60c-1gd@web-1c.berkeley.edu (Joon Song) writes: > >Are there any hard disk cache programs available for the AMIGA? If not, >is there a limitation in the SCSI interface that prevents the use of a >disk cache? ASDG's FaccII will do it, or the BlitzDisk included with TxEd. I partly bought TxEd because of BlitzDisk - it works like a charm, though with my Quantum, I don't really need any buffers. -Henrik -- | Henrik Clausen, Graffiti Data (Fido: 2:230/22.33) | | ...{pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmehq!adspdk!hclausen | \__"Do not accept the heart that is the slave to reason" - Qawwali trad__/
clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon) (09/18/90)
>>Are there any hard disk cache programs available for the AMIGA? If not, >>is there a limitation in the SCSI interface that prevents the use of a >>disk cache? > ASDG's FacII wil do it, or the BlitzDisk included with TxEd. I partly >bought TxEd because of BlitzDisk - it works like a charm, though with my >Quantum, >I don't realy ned any bufers. > > -Henrik How is this possible??? Are you referring to PATCHING FaccII to work with HDs? As far as I know, FaccII was never designed to work with HDs (let alone FFS in general, although it performs just fine on FFS floppies). -- -- Craig Lemon - Kitchener, Ontario. Amiga B2000/10--2400 bps--AmigaUUCP 1.03D lemsys!clemon@xenitec.on.ca or ....!{uunet}!watmath!xenitec!lemsys!clemon
hclausen@adspdk.CBMNET (Henrik Clausen) (09/20/90)
In article <02520.AA02520@lemsys.UUCP>, Craig Lemon writes: > > >>Are there any hard disk cache programs available for the AMIGA? If not, > > How is this possible??? Are you referring to PATCHING FaccII to > work with HDs? Uh, no, really I didn't know that FaccII doesn't like HD's. I used BlitzDisk II, it works real great, and is very flexible, too. The first version of BlitzDisk doesn't like FFS, though! -Henrik | Henrik Clausen, Graffiti Data (Fido: 2:230/22.33) | | ...{pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmehq!adspdk!hclausen | \__"Do not accept the heart that is the slave to reason" - Qawwali trad__/
p554mve@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst) (09/21/90)
In article <02520.AA02520@lemsys.UUCP> clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon) writes: > How is this possible??? Are you referring to PATCHING FaccII to >work with HDs? As far as I know, FaccII was never designed to work with >HDs (let alone FFS in general, although it performs just fine on FFS >floppies). You can patch FaccII to use a device different from trackdisk.device, you have to change the name of the FaccII.port too if you want to use FaccII for disks AND for a hardrive. Nevertheless, unless you want to read a short file that can be hold in the cache several times, you'll get a severe slowdown. The FaccII program might be faster than floppies but it is definitely slower than a harddrive. And it doesn't help against disk thrashing (write-through cache). Regards, -- Michael van Elst UUCP: universe!local-cluster!milky-way!sol!earth!uunet!unido!mpirbn!p554mve Internet: p554mve@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."
hclausen@adspdk.CBMNET (Henrik Clausen) (09/24/90)
In article <1242@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>, Michael van Elst writes: > Nevertheless, unless you want to read a short file that can be hold > in the cache several times, you'll get a severe slowdown. The FaccII > program might be faster than floppies but it is definitely slower > than a harddrive. If you do a lot of directory scanning, you may get a big win. I used a program that would scan a dir of n files approx. n/2 times (!) - meaning my HD was tearing itself apart. Using BlitzDisk to hold the dirs cured this and went much faster. Though FaccII might be slower than BlitzDisk, it should hold true in this case as well. -Henrik | Henrik Clausen, Graffiti Data (Fido: 2:230/22.33) | | ...{pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmehq!adspdk!hclausen | \__"Do not accept the heart that is the slave to reason" - Qawwali trad__/
jdickson@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Jeff Dickson) (09/24/90)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: File Info Block Summary: Expires: References: Sender: Reply-To: jdickson@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Dickson) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Keywords: Hi. When DOS performs an ACTION_EXAMINE_OBJECT, which field in the FileInfoBlock structure are the file's protection bits put into ? If this type of thing is documented, where ? Thanks, Jeff
crazyrat@disk.UUCP (@jap) (09/25/90)
Where can one acquire a copy of FACII? Is it on a Fish Disk? Also, how well does this program work with floppies? Does it use up a lot of memory and cause system.slowdown? @jap -- Joel C. Justen Crazyrat Productions Ltd. disc: who cares? CRAZYRAT@DISK.UUCP