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From: sdh@rabbit.UUCP ()
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple
Subject: Re: Speed of Apple Drives (Pascal vs. CP/M and DOS)
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Date: Sat, 30-Jun-84 01:36:13 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 30 01:36:13 1984
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Sorry to contradict everything said so far, but THE fastest disk access
for apple is using a routine called RWT. No that wasn't a typo. I do
not mean RWTS. I mean Read/Write a Track. No sectors. Sectors slow 
the whole mess down.

There is a trade-off: convenience v. speed.

You have to copy these disks with a nibble copier, and its no good for
multiple file handling. It is great if you need reams of data (say for
a spelling correction program) very quickly.

I know of no such markewted utility, so you'd have to write your own
DOS. too bad.

Steve Hawley
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