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From: lesatz@alcor.usc.edu (Eric Michals)
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Subject: Re: Fast reading of floppies...
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In article <2160@husc6.harvard.edu> huang@husc4.UUCP (Howard Huang) writes:

>Another thing to be sure of is that you are reading blocks in order.
>Making the drive head jump from block 20 to block 600 takes time.

Maybe it is just my drive, but I've also noticed that reading from
sector $F to sector $0 is quicker than from $0 to $F.

Another thing that I found interesting is that Locksmith 5.0 fast disk
backup doesn't read the sectors in order, but rather in a strange
pattern. I've never taken the time to figure out why.

Eric