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From: seo@cs.utexas.edu (Jungyun Seo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MAC 40-80MB HARD DRIVE RECOMMENDATIONS????
Message-ID: <276@ai.cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 27 Apr 89 19:58:36 GMT
References: <82800CXP120@PSUVM> <23486@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <93537@felix.UUCP>
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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In article <93537@felix.UUCP> kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) writes:
-There is an interesting discussion of the Quantum ProDrive 80S in the
-25 April MacWEEK (MacInTouch column). They've identified these venders
-as using the ProDrive:   FWB PocketHammer80, Microtech Nova 80,
-Ruby Systems' StarDrive 80DX and Apple's Internal 80SC for the SE.
-
-Interestingly, there were differences in performance caused by the
-installer software, which has to choose the best set of trade-offs.
-"The surprise was an outstanding performance turned in by Apple's
-disk in our standard benchmark test, duplicating a large file from
-he
-Finder. In this test, formatting with Apple's software cut the dupli-
-cation time by 25 percent over third-party installer  software to 
-match the speed of our CDC Wren. Other tests failed to show the same
-gains for the Apple software, so it appears that Apple has optimized
-its disk driver for the Finder without affecting performance
-lsewhere."
........
-Shirley Kehr

If they use the same disc (Quantum 80), is it technically possible to
use the same formatting software developed by apple to format other
disc drives to get faster speed?  
Just Curious.

Jungyun
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