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From: perry@well.UUCP (Perry S. Kivolowitz)
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Subject: Re: ASDG Floppy Accelerator (and other rumors)
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Date: Sat, 6-Jun-87 03:47:34 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  6 03:47:34 1987
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Summary: answer to scott, upgrd policy, new features


Scott,
	The order of events on writing with Facc is:

	1) search cache - toss out buffer if block to be written
	   is found. (very fast - just a few instructions).
	2) write block to disk.
	3) load block into cache.

That  should  clear  things up concerning writes with Facc. As mentioned
before - the upgrade policy of Facc is going to be ``eternal'' and free.
Send  in original disk with a stamped self addressed envelope and get an
update back promptly.

FaccII is already well under way. Was it Steve or Tomas who suggested:
1) Enable/Disable retention on writes (step 3 above).
2) Multi-speed ``more'' and ``fewer.''
3) Direct dialing of number of buffers (integer gadget).

These three features are already in  - as well as one I'd like to announce
now: If you have an application under development which would benefit from
Facc like services - please contact  me. FaccII has an easily used message
interface allowing *your*  application  to directly controll FacII's oper-
ations. We'll make  FaccII  available  for redistribution as a value added
part of your application.

Please email me any thoughts on new features for FaccII - these will be
cited in the FaccII manual of course.

Cheers,

Perry S. Kivolowitz
(201) 563-0529