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From: timbuck@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Timothy Buck)
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Subject: Re: floppy disk IO SLOW using DOS disks.
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Date: 28 Apr 91 05:15:53 GMT
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In article <1991Apr27.060720.17542@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> streib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Allan Streib) writes:
>
>I have noticed that copying files to/from a DOS floppy takes many
>times longer than the same action using a UNIX floppy.  It's also much
>slower than floppy IO on a PC.  Why is this?  It is really almost
>frustrating. 
>
>-Allan

This is because it's not just copying files -- it has to do conversion from
DOS to Unix format in the process.  I don't know the technical details, but
that's what's going on.

Tim