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From: taob@pnet91.cts.com (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: WARESEARCH
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Date: 2 Dec 90 16:30:14 GMT
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Organization: People-Net [pnet91], Etobicoke, ON
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>    I've heard all the things about GSOS not being able to handle 1:1 all of
> the time but with a Transwarp GS and diversi cache, I think I could.  Why?
>  well, I was using MacTrans GS to transfer some files (background:  I heard
> that HFS disks are formatted at 1:1 interleave) and MacTrans read them so
> fast I was really amazed.  It read a 120K file in about 5 seconds (much
> faster than GS/OS could).  I decided that it must be the 1:1 interleave.

    One thing you didn't mention:  are you using an Apple 3.5 Drive, or a
UniDisk 3.5" drive?  The UniDisk can only handle the slower 4:1 interleave.  I
can read in a 150K file in under 5 seconds with my floppy (no TransWarp, no
ZipGS, nothing).  The data transfer times for the Mac and the GS are identical
(32K/sec maximum), so the interleaving isn't affecting anything.  I've never
heard of a floppy disk formatted at 1:1.  Heck, if Photonix won't let you do
it, then you probably CAN'T do it... :)

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