Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!hubcap!dawill
From: dawill@hubcap.clemson.edu (david williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Trumpcard 500 speed
Keywords: slow st138 wierd interlace
Message-ID: <6351@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 29 Aug 89 22:46:58 GMT
Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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    Oh net gods, please help a lowly amigite with the following stuff:

   An Amiga 500 trumpcard appeared on my friends computer the other day.
Says I: 'Gosh, Let's see just how fast this thing REALLY is.'

    DiskPerf2 reported 18,183 bytes/sec read with a 256K buffer. (!)

   What in the heck is going on here?  We noticed that the interleve was
set (by default, no less) to 14!  So, we tried several interleves 
(1, 3, 5, 7, 10)  but none seem to have speeded it up.  Has anyone out 
there succeeded in getting a Trumpcard 500 to go reasonably fast?  If so, how?

    Send me E-mail and I'll post the results if anyone's interested...

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