David Schmidt wrote:
Oh, one other thing I forgot to mention: one speedup that ADT client
does (but not ADTPro - too lazy so far) is it starts the drive motor a
little while before it is needed. That avoids the spin-up delay once a
full buffer is ready to write and lets you start writing much more
quickly. So, during inflate, if there's a point where you're
"almost-done," one loop left to go or whatever, hit the motoron switch.
For reliable operation, the motor should be started about a second
before the disk is required to be up to speed.
-michael
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