Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site oddjob.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!oddjob!rfl From: rfl@oddjob.UUCP (Bob Loewenstein) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: the challenge Message-ID: <1020@oddjob.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 12:41:49 EST Article-I.D.: oddjob.1020 Posted: Tue Oct 29 12:41:49 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 07:28:47 EST Distribution: net Organization: U. Chicago, Astronomy & Astrophysics Lines: 31 ok. I ran THE challenge of writing and reading a 32k file. Here are my results for writing a random binary file from memory to the internal 3.5" drive and reading it back into memory (including opening and closing the file): 32k byte read: 1.75 seconds 32k byte write: 4.30 seconds The code was written in Neon, and included is the code: hex basicstr buffer new: buffer 8000 setsize: buffer new: loadfile " test" name: topfile new: topfile drop hex start: systimer open: topfile drop ptr: buffer 8000 write: topfile close: topfile 2drop decimal print: systimer hex start: systimer open: topfile drop ptr: buffer 8000 read: topfile close: topfile decimal print: systimer I ran these two routines a number of times and the quoted times are representative. The variation in time was only 1/4 second and depended on whether the file existed first for the write.