Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!rutgers!topaz!lachac From: lachac@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Gerard Lachac) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: controlling the Amiga drive Message-ID: <8024@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Fri, 19-Dec-86 18:42:47 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.8024 Posted: Fri Dec 19 18:42:47 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Dec-86 03:12:11 EST References: <8612180643.AA23822@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <1374@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Reply-To: lachac@topaz.UUCP (Gerard Lachac) Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 16 In article <1374@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> tim@tomcat.caltech.edu (Tim Kay) writes: >Secondly, is 800K --> 1200K all that significant? Also consider that >RLL often slows disk access down? Well, my math tells me that 800/2 = 400 800 + 400 = 1200 That's a gain of 1/2 a floppy. Pretty significant if you consider that this enables you to fit lots of things on one disk. Like Kickstart and Workbench :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Isn't fun the best thing to have?" lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu