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From: preece@ccvaxa.UUCP
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Subject: Re: UNIX on Atari ST or Commodore Amiga
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Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 11:45:00 EDT
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> The CD-ROM seeks fairly slow.  Add in the fact that the UNIX file
> system is not notably fast and CD-ROM have limited use as OS disks.
> However, a staging of programs to a fast disk as they were used (sort
> of like a UNIX Sticky bit) might be feasible.  It would be a fun hack.
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Slow by comparison to a floppy?  As long as we're only talking about
using it for ROM storage of commands and documentation, that shouldn't
be a problem.  The transfer rate ought to be fine, it's just seek
that's slow.  For those purposes it shouldn't matter much if it takes
a couple of seconds to position itself.

The staging idea is good, though, especially if you're using a fast
disk for paging: the CD-ROM could pre-load a whole image to the
fast disk and then page in pieces as needed (Z-magic).

-- 
scott preece
gould/csd - urbana
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