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Re: Reading MS-DOS in a Superdrive 3.5
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 09:51:44 +1300, dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David
Empson) wrote:
>Are you sure about that? The SuperDrive card has a read buffer and
>reads the entire track in one pass, so it doesn't matter what interleave
>you use for reading. My personal experience with the SuperDrive is that
>there is no measurable difference between 1:1 and 2:1 for reading.
>
>The real problem is writing. A 1:1 interleave disk in a SuperDrive
>writes well under half the speed of a 2:1 interleave disk.
I never took notice of the different times for reading/writing.
You're probably right.
Mark R. Percival
Montreal, Quebec
An Apple II fanatic since 1979.