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From: dgold@apple.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Disk Drive Bugs in Mac ROMs
Message-ID: <915@apple.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Jun-87 12:41:53 EDT
Article-I.D.: apple.915
Posted: Wed Jun  3 12:41:53 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 6-Jun-87 04:04:15 EDT
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Reply-To: dgold@apple.UUCP (David Goldsmith)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA
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In article <6387@dartvax.UUCP> markv@dartvax.UUCP (Mark F. Vita) writes:
>The second bug affects only the Mac SE with two floppy drives.
>According to the story, "...the upper disk drive motor is
>unnecessarily turned off, slowing operations on that drive while
>the motor is restarted..."
>...
>Apple people on the net:  will there be a quick patch (i.e.,
>something besides a ROM upgrade) to circumvent this problem
>distributed in the near future? (maybe in the new System
>release?)

The appropriate people are aware of this bug (and were before the
InfoWorld article).  It will likely be fixed by a patch in the
next System file (that's not my department, so I can't make
promises).  In the meantime, the best thing to do is turn your
RAM cache on; if you're not using Switcher, a good setting is
192K or 256K (depending on how much app memory you need).  This
will mask the effects of the bug.
-- 
David Goldsmith
Apple Computer, Inc.
MacApp Group

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