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From: ALE101@PSUVM.BITNET (Allen Edmiston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Quantum ROM fix report
Message-ID: <89334.141000ALE101@PSUVM.BITNET>
Date: 30 Nov 89 19:10:00 GMT
References: <14618@well.UUCP> <9323@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
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In article <32331@auc.UUCP>, rar@auc.UUCP (Rodney Ricks) says:
><  Oddly enough, the problem does seem to have "fixed itself" after approx.
><1 month of hyperactive, rattling, performance-degrading accesses on my IIcx.
>
>I wonder if it would be a good idea for users who just got the fix to just
>let the system sit for a few days and "exercise" itself to get rid of the
>performance problem?
><-ken
>Rodney

how about running SCSI Evaluator on it? you can have that run a seek test
timer which will do 10,000 random seeks. if this is true that after the
drive has gotten "worn in" that it works better, you could run these seek
timers and find out (and in the process give your drive a good workout)

                                                  Adrian Sullivan
                                                  axs@psuarch.bitnet
                                                  ale101@psuvm.bitnet borrowed