Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!micor!taob
From: taob@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Brian Tao)
Subject: Re: RamFAST SCSI Card in ProDOS 8
Organization: M.B. Cormier INC.
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 91 23:36:56 EDT
Message-ID: <0VBX41w162w@micor.ocunix.on.ca>
References: <17237@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Sender: _taob@micor.ocunix.on.ca

unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes:

> 	What I am interested is in someone telling us users the bootup
> speed of a hard drive with a virgin copy of System 5.04 with a DMA card vs.
> the RamFAST card.  And using the same interleave, just so the stats aren't
> "messed up" by attempting to maximize each card's stats. (That is, an
> interleave of 1 or 2, would be the best)
> 
> 	Anyone interested in doing this and telling us how long it takes 
> to boot? (When I time things, I time from the system beep upon turning
> on/resetting the machine to when you are in total control)

    I have a RAMFast + Quantum 105 at 1:1 interleave.  Using a 12K 
look-ahead cache (on the RAMFast, not the drive), minimum GS/OS and the 
RAMFast driver, booting takes almost 7 seconds.  I type PR#6 at the 
AppleSoft BASIC prompt and click the stopwatch as soon as I hit Return.  I 
stop it when Prosel-16's Main Menu begins to appear on the text screen.  
I think the exact figure was 6.9 seconds.