On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 07:54:29PM -0500, Howard R. Katz wrote: > I wouldn't think of running my //e without a hard drive (or CFFA in this > particular case. While DOS 3.3 files may not work well with a hard drive, > most ProDOS files will. Having all my working programs on one device, no > need to keep swapping files--really makes life a lot easier. :)
Well, there are two advantages to a hard drive: capacity and speed. One of the posts on csa2 suggested that the transfer rates weren't even improved by 10%, though nothing was said of the seek times. In terms of capacity, I generally found that placing a set of related applications and documents on a single 800 kB floppy worked well. It is not as though ProDOS is a multitasking operating system, so the need to have every application on one disk in minimised. I also found that keeping everything on floppy disks (or removable media, like SyQuest or Iomega drives) encourages the use of backups. On hard drives, this often becomes inconvenient. Also, the HD20 only amounts to 25 floppies and then you're dead in the water (ie. no further expansion or hard drive upgrades). Perhaps even less, I don't know how ProDOS formatted diskettes deal with block sizes or the number of files. This was something I could ignore on my IIgs because I had a huge hard drive with multiple partitions, one of which was HFS. :) Anyhow, those are my opinions. I expect other people will differ. Byron. -- Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
