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From: han@apple.UUCP (Byron Han)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac SE Slow Upper Drive
Message-ID: <1160@apple.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 24-Jun-87 12:20:05 EDT
Article-I.D.: apple.1160
Posted: Wed Jun 24 12:20:05 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 26-Jun-87 05:53:32 EDT
References: <746@mntgfx.MENTOR.COM> <1111@apple.UUCP> <756@mntgfx.MENTOR.COM>
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, USA
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Keywords: Mac SE drive floppy macintosh

In article <756@mntgfx.MENTOR.COM>, tomc@mntgfx.MENTOR.COM (Tom Carstensen) writes:
> In article <1111@apple.UUCP>, dgold@apple.UUCP (David Goldsmith) writes:
> > In article <746@mntgfx.MENTOR.COM> tomc@mntgfx.MENTOR.COM (Tom Carstensen) writes:
> > >What is the real reason for the Macintosh SE's upper (second) disk drive for
> > >being so slow (I've measured it to being up to 50% slower, or 1.5 times
> > >longer than the lower drive)...
> > 
> > This is a software bug.  It will be fixed in a future system file.
> 
> If it is a software bug in the system file, why does old system versions (any
> version) also have this problem, and if still so, why hasn't it been fixed
> by now?  Of the two systems I commonly use (ver 3.2 & ver 4.0) they both 
> have the same effect on the upper drive.  
> 
It may be that a patch is needed and will be provided in a future system file.

Of course, this is not to be construed as any OFFICIAL Apple advise.  My
comments are strictly personal opinion.

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