Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!ais.org!tony From: tony@ais.org (Tony Poole) Subject: Re: Is this Speedup program healthy? Message-ID: <1_XC_R@irie.ais.org> Date: Tue, 04 Jun 91 00:41:36 GMT Organization: UMCC Message-ID: Keywords: question,help,disk,AmigaDOS Distribution: comp References: <16796@helios.TAMU.EDU> ttr1415@helios.TAMU.EDU (Thom Robertson) writes: >I just downloaded the Speedup utility off of AB20. It appears to simply >change the delay times between head steps on your floppies, thus >speeding up disk access. I have used this utility just enough to be >satisfied that it does work (without crashing or causing read-errors >or anything like that). >However, that doesn't mean this tool is what I want. Does anyone want to >hazard a guess as to whether this is healthful for my drives (old A1000 >ones, so you see my concern) and whether such speedup is really worth it? I have used a similar utility to this for about two years now (can't remem- ber the actual name), and my drives (also old A1000's) have suffered no ill effects, as far as I can tell. The only possible thing I could come up in my mind that would affect the drives was the extra heat being generated by increased step rates (ie less time between steps for the head to cool down - lower duty cycle), but I *seriously* doubt as this would be to any extreme. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Poole Traverse City, MI USA EMail:tony@irie.ais.org ____________________________________________________________________________