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From: ttr1415@helios.TAMU.EDU (Thom Robertson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Speeding up floppy disk heads
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Date: 14 Jun 91 06:53:07 GMT
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I am now using the Speedup program on my Amiga 1000 with full success.
Yes, the only use for it is to quiet the drives down, but considering how
old and noisy my drives are, this is a boon.

*interestingly enough*, I took my Speedup-installed Workbench over to two
freinds houses, and booted thier A500's with it.  Even though one was a
very old 500 (as 500s go) and the other was brand spanking new, both
could not handle the step speedup, leading of course to interminable
"disk error" messeges.  Considering how old my 1000 is, this is VERY
interesting...

Thom Robertson


P.S. While Speedup quieted my drives, the A500 drives sounded like
blenders!