Re: Availability of dos 3.3 system disk

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <3a704a5c.99580405@news.mw.centurytel.net>,
Mr. Boffo <mister_boffo@hotmail.com> wrote:
 
> You really don't want the last version of Apple's DOS 3.3
> anyway. It is terribly slow. Apple never got their DOS right
> when it came to efficient sector reading.
 
True -- however there were patches to Apple DOS 3.3 which made it
some 5-6 times faster for reading large amounts of data, e.g. while
loading a program.  One such patch, with source code, appeared in the
Apple Assembly Line newsletter.  That source code, among all other
AAL source code, is available for download from:
 
    http://hotel04.ausys.se/pausch/apple2
 
 
> You'd be much better off with a modified DOS 3.3, like
> Pronto-DOS, DSR-DOS, or David-DOS. These are usually up to
> twice as fast as Apple's "official" DOS 3.3 for reading disks.
 
That's pretty slow -- some 3 times slower than the AAL DOS 3.3
patch.
 
 
> Rather than taking a nap while games load, games will pop up
> in just moments!
 
I'm positive a speedup of a factor much larger than two is required
for such a dramatic subjective difference....
 
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