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From: pv@polari.UUCP (Paul Varn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Better Copy Utility?
Message-ID: <2622@polari.UUCP>
Date: 29 Oct 90 05:24:16 GMT
Organization: Seattle Online Public Unix (206) 328-4944
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In article <7340015@hpfcso.HP.COM> rrd@hpfcso.HP.COM (Ray Depew) writes:
>> Can anyone tell me where I can ftp a faster copy utility from? I have a
>> regular ST1040, and the one-file-at-a-time swap-diskettes-til-you-bleed
>> method is doing me harm. Thanks in advance.
>
>I always use a huge RAMdisk when I'm doing floppy copies.  That way I only
>have to swap once.  
>
>I heard that TOS 1.4 does it right, using all available RAM as a buffer to
>minimize disk swaps, but I havent' gotten up the nerve to try it yet.
>
In addition to TOS 1.4, and DCOPY, Hypercopy from Germany is very impressive.
On 1 meg memory or better, there's no disk swap.  800K without format is about
30 seconds or less, with format, always less than a minute, still often less  
than 45 seconds.
-PV-
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