Re: Availability of 8-bit hard drive defragment utilities?

[wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Will Baguhn)]

In article <Dp242E.J1v@serval.net.wsu.edu>,
Michael Kelsey <mkelsey@eecs.wsu.edu> wrote:
>I have asked this question before and received a (mostly) useless answer.  Are
>there any 8-bit defragment utilities available (besides ProSEL 8) or will I be
>forced to construct my own?
>
>From what I can tell, ProSEL 8 requires a RAMdisk for the defragment routine.
>Unfortunately, ProSEL 8 refuses to recognize my Q-RAM //e as a RAMdisk, although
>everything else under the sun, does.  The Q-RAM is 100% RamWorks III compatible,
>though lacking the expandability connector.  Publish-It! (2, 3, and 4), Multi-
>Scribe, RamWorks III utilities disks, and even Print Magic recognize the extra
>memory.  Is there any reason why ProSEL 8 refuses to recognize the RAMdisk?
>
>Michael Kelsey
>mkelsey@eecs.wsu.edu
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Q Labs (Quality Computers) had/has a software package called "EasyDrive".
Included is a Defragmenter.  Will work on any ProDOS volume, but it's SLOW.
Painfully SLOW.  only requires 128k.

of course, it won't work with forked files, as far as i know... but that
shouldn't be an issue on a //e.