On Tue, 28 May 2002 18:12:53 +0100GMT, Laurie L Proud wrote: > Here are the final results using Pedigree Apricot local bus machines.
> Machine 2: Apricot LsPro 486SLC (SX) 33Mhz (Local Bus) > O/S M$ DOS 6.22 > Harddisk c: = 35 and 36 seconds > Ramdrive d: = 15 and 16 seconds > IBM PC-DOS 3.30 + refinements > Harddisk unrecognised > VDISK C: = 12 and 12 seconds <snip> > I hope this has been of help to you Clarence. Thanks Laurie, except for the machine #2 above, your tests have confirmed the superiority of PC-DOS 3.3 for use in speeding up whatever hardware can be reasonably converted to it. Now if only we had a 100% equivalent that recognized >32Mb partitions. But I haven't the faintest idea why that 486sx is so slow. :( - Clarence Verge - Back to using Arachne V1.62 ....