jap@convex.cl.msu.edu (Joe Porkka) (05/03/91)
jms@vanth.UUCP (Jim Shaffer) writes: >In article <1991Apr29.201147.15823@ucselx.sdsu.edu> maxc1553@ucselx.sdsu.edu (InnerTangent - human1) writes: >>jms@vanth.UUCP (Jim Shaffer) writes: >> >>>>Speedup changes the rate your floppydrive reads the floppy. It can be used to >>>> speedup your floppy read/write by 2 times. >> >>>HUH? TWO TIMES? What exactly does it do? >> >Oh, I see... I have a program called DFDelay which lets you change the >step delay and the settle delay. It sounds like it's doing exactly what >Speedup is doing. >But I think your "2 times" figure is WAY off... Let's say you halve the Even if it does not make a noticable speed differance it *can* make a faster drive quieter. This does not work with my Ami drive, but back when I used a CoCo, i changed the step rate to 6ms (the rating on the drive), and suddenly the seeks were nearly silient instead of chug....chug...chug....much like my noisy A1000 drive is.