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From: bcs212@vader.UUCP (Vince Skahan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Question about hard disk interleave factors
Keywords: fixed disk interleave
Message-ID: <188@vader.UUCP>
Date: 15 Apr 88 11:42:27 GMT
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Reply-To: bcs212@vader.UUCP (Vince Skahan)
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Organization: Boeing Computer Services - Phila.
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I have a Tandy 20MB hard card that came with a recommended
interleave factor of 3.  The guy at the Radio Shack Computer
Center said they'd done extensive local testing and recomended
using 2.

I tested it myself and found "4" was the answer (giving a 450%
increase in speed over both of the Tandy-recommended settings).
Unfortunately, I believed them for 6 months and had to live with 
the slow speed until I had time to test different settings myself.
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     Vince Skahan            Boeing Computer Services - Phila.
    (215) 591-4116           INTERNET:  bcs212%psev@boeing.com
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