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From: bart@bluemoon.uucp (Bart Jaszcz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Megafile 44 slowing down...
Keywords: atari, st, megafile
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Date: 2 Apr 91 21:18:49 GMT
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> For example, when I copy a file from a flop or from some directory into
> particular folder on the TOS (drive C) partition, the harddisk moves (it
> sounds and the orange BUSY light flashes once briefly), and than the ora
> BUSY led starts blinking with a frequency of approx. 1 blink/sec for abo
> (now) 19 times, after which the disk rattles again and stores the file i
> the appropriate place.

Try using FATSPEED.prg - speeds up dir search/access - instead of
blinking, it will light up, and stay lit up for a second or two, until it 
finds a place for the file.