Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucdavis!deneb.ucdavis.edu!u563694848ea From: u563694848ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu (0040;0000004804;0;250;141;) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: faster dos reads Summary: Fastest easy way to read disk Keywords: DOS, slow, real slow, deadly slow Message-ID: <3699@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Date: 20 Feb 89 02:43:01 GMT Sender: uucp@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu Reply-To: u563694848ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Bruce Rogers) Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.tech Organization: University of California, Davis (MOOO!) Lines: 23 Hi, I'm looking for some information on speeding up normal AmigaDos reads. I've tried numerous different methods and these are the numbers I've gotten: 200K files read: Aztec fread: 22 secs Aztec fgetc: 14 secs AmiDos Read: 9 secs load program (to run) 4 secs! now, what I'd like to know is how can I read the file sequentially at the same speed it gets loaded to run? It probably isn't possible, but it sure would be nice ! :-) If I can't find a way to get the loading down in the 5-10 second range, I will probably try using the trackdisk device. Can anyone tell me how fast I can expect that to go? thanks in advance - Bruce Rogers (currently u563694848ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu)