Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!ulysses!hector!eric From: eric@hector.UUCP (Eric Lavitsky) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: FaccII patch for HardDisks Message-ID: <10132@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> Date: 3 Mar 88 18:39:14 GMT References: <555@io.UUCP> <10116@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> Sender: netnews@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com Reply-To: eric@hector (Eric Lavitsky) Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 34 In article mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu.UUCP writes: > >eric@hector.UUCP (Eric Lavitsky) writes: > >> Use Facc for what it was intended to be - a *Floppy* Accellerator > >Of course, this begs the question...Does ASDG intend to produce a FaccIII that >will provide hard disk support, or a separate product (Hacc?) that is >specificially intended to cache hard disk drives? > >Inquiring minds want to know. > > --M > >Michael Portuesi / Carnegie Mellon University >ARPA/UUCP: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu BITNET: rainwalker@drycas With the advent of FFS it seems that such a product would be wasted effort. For most people's purposes (single fairly slow drive, few multiple task disk access and FFS with buffers), FFS will be fine. A product written for the slow file system (SFS) would not work under the FFS. If it's the ultimate in speed and preformance you want, I assume you would not hesitate to shell out the bucks for an SDP - it'll be the best choice for an Amiga network server, top end animation system etc. With the date that you can effectively run FFS on floppies being fairly far in the future, FaccII still provides an effective means of speeding up floppies and will for some time to come. Eric ARPA: eric@topaz.rutgers.edu "Lithium is no longer available UUCP: ...{wherever!}ulysses!eric on credit..." ...{wherever!}rutgers!topaz!eric - from Buckaroo Banzai SNAIL: 34 Maplehurst Ln, Piscataway, NJ 08854