Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!evax!garee From: garee@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Scott Garee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy Subject: Re: Speeding up a Tandy and VGA Keywords: VGA Tandy 1000TL TL CPU Speed Message-ID: <1990Dec12.184039.840@evax.arl.utexas.edu> Date: 12 Dec 90 18:40:39 GMT References: <4623@iitmax.IIT.EDU> <6493@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> Organization: Computer Science Engineering Univ. of Texas at Arlington Lines: 15 >>1) How can I speed up my Tandy 1000TL another 5-10% on both disk access (HD) >> and CPU processing? > You should also try running a hard disk reformatter (SPINRITE or NORTON's 5.0) They will choose the optimum interleave for the drive, which is almost always different that the way it was formatted, and reformat it WITHOUT destroying any data. They will also tell tou all kinds of neat, useless things about your drive. Drive speed can often be increased by several hundred percent. -- +------------------------------------------------+ + Mail to: garee@evax.utarl.edu or call Scott at + + Radio Shack 01-8323 Arlington, TX 817-649-2518 + + If I can't help you, you're in it really deep! +