Re: Disk drive speeds

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
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: big_d_316@yahoo.com wrote:
: > Hey,
: >   Everyboady knows Apple II has fastest drive access, commodore has the
: > slowest access, and Atari is in the middle.
: >   With the mods that we find online like parallel enhancement that can
: > be made to commodore drives, high speed routines for apples, and
: > plug-in boards for the Atari then who is the fastest and who is the
: > slowest?
:
: If you intend this to be more than a crossposted troll, you will have
: to be much more specific about the kinds of disk operations being
: compared (BASIC LOAD/SAVE, binary LOAD/SAVE, etc.) and the kinds of
: disks being used (5.25", 3.5", hard drive).
:
: For the Apple II, there were several operating systems and each one
: had its own file system.  Further, a re-SAVE will, in general, take
: less time than an initial SAVE.

I tend to agree. Speeds vary from one machine to another
in general in that order, Apple II, Atari, then C64. However,
I also concur with you Michael, in that it depends on whether
you are speaking of 5.25, 3.5, or hard drive. Also, CD drives
are a question of the driver pushing them.  :o)

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