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From: tes@whuts.UUCP (STERKEL)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Interleave factor on a 6300
Message-ID: <2660@whuts.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Aug-87 07:21:25 EDT
Article-I.D.: whuts.2660
Posted: Fri Aug 14 07:21:25 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 16-Aug-87 05:51:42 EDT
References: <2928@mtgzz.UUCP> <1844@ttrdc.UUCP> <300@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Lines: 30
Summary: Coretest.exe is property of Core Technologies

In article <300@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com>, crs@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com (C. R. Seaman) writes:
> In article <1844@ttrdc.UUCP>, kad@ttrdc.UUCP (Keith Drescher) writes:
> <In article <2928@mtgzz.UUCP> rosen@mtgzz.UUCP (t.rosenfeld) writes:
> <<There has been some talk recently in this newsgroup about interleave
> <<factors. Someone said a factor of 1:4 is recomended for the 6300, and is
> <<much faster than 1:3 which may be some default.
> <<
> <<My question is how can I tell what my current factor is?
> 
> The default interleave factor for hard disks varies from manufacturer to
> manufacturer, and I don't know of any sure way to find it other than to
> read the manual for the specific hard disk you are using, or perhaps to
> There is also a PD (or is it shareware?) program on most BBS's, called
> "coretest", which allows you to see the average seek time, track to track
> seek time, and data transfer rate for a given hard disk.  This would be
> the best test.
"coretest" is a proprietary Package of Core Technologies, Inc.  It
is rather exciting to watch, and hear, because it makes your hard
drive sound like a washing machine, all while painting "real-time"
performance bar charts.  It does not work on all
controller/drive combinations, please do not ask which ones,
just an observation, never did a well-constructed test.
(I never saw any restrictions on the use of coretest, nor
shareware-type messages, but then I was not interested enough
in the program to look that hard)

Two side notes:
1.  No, I do not have the program any longer, do not ask for it.
2.  When you download, use a *very* responsible source, the
    ease of turning this program into a trojan is self-evident.