Re: Zip- GS Slot Settings

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article Dark_Dude@darkcastle.ecore.fnet.org (Dark_Dude) writes...
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>i have a ramfast in slot 6, and a normal gs/os launch took 30 or 32 seconds on
>my rather  large system. then i set slot 6 to fast and it took 24 seconds to
>load gs/os.
>A shift boot endures 12 seconds with fast/ ramfast/ zip 9/64 and a SEAD 60 MB
>(seagate inside) hard disk drive.

    The 'fast'/'slow' slot speed settings in ZipGS equipped systems does
indeed have an affect.  When I installed an AE Audio Animator interface in 
slot 1 (default 'fast') it wouldn't digitize properly, though when I placed
it in slot 2 (default 'slow') it worked fine. My guess is the ZipGS can
offsets the Zilog SCC-8530 used on the card, it probably needs a precise
timing to transfer data from the mixer's own ADC to the Ensoniq.

>I'm not sure if it is fast. I have heard that with a zip 9/32, a 270 mb
>quantum lps drive is is possible to load gs/os (shift key held down) in only 6
>seconds... can it be done any faster?

    I have a Zip 15/64 (15/32 for the moment), 730MB Quantum Lightning 
and 1MB RamFAST. When I shift-boot System 6.0.1, the desktop appears in
about 4 seconds. :-) (Not counting the time for all partition icons 
appear, having a total of ten, with eight or so active can add a few 
seconds)

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca