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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:	Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:	Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

Created:	Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:	Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1433
Total number of notes:	10312

155.0. "TURBODOS.PRG" by CIMBAD::POWERS (I Dream Of Wires - G. Numan) Tue Jul 05 1988 20:14

    
         I have uploaded TURBODOS.PRG, This program should be placed
    in your auto folder.  It replaces the file system of gemdos.  It
    makes your hard disk act more like a hard disk, instead of a floppy.
    There was some concern as to some possible danger involved in using
    this program, I believe I have posted a few notes with regard to
    this.  This program was written by Atari France, and has been
    announced on usenet, by Roy J Good of Atari USA, that this program
    is in the public domain.  I have been using this program, for several
    months now, and had no problems with it, except once and a while
    while booting, it sometimes takes two attempts.  The program can
    be found in CIMBAD::DISK$USER:[POWERS.ATARIST.PUBLIC]TURBODOS.PRG.
    Note that it takes about 100K of memory or so, so 520 users might
    not want to install it if they only have 512K.
    
    Bill Powers

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
155.1	TUrbodos and C'T HDBIOS?	RDGENG::KEANE		`Wed Jul 06 1988 09:36`	29
	Hello, RE .0, Turbodos, Has anyone any information on what TUrbodos does to the BIOS ?, The reason I am asking is that already I am becoming disenchanted with my hard disk performance. As I load it up with more files, the performance appears to degrade exponentially!. I have a copy of turbodos, what I got from the USENET, so I thought, bang it in the old AUTO folder and away we go!!. Unfortunately, I have got the C'T Hard disk bios in there as well, which works well on its own. When I switch on with turbodos in the folder, first the HDbios loads, announces itself all ok, then loads turbodos and crashes, I cant see how many bombs, they flash too quickly!, then loads HDBios etc etc etc. Turbodos, will load ok if its in the auto on its own, buts thats not what I want. I should think that the system variables used by the C'T BIOS would also be popular with Turbos, any opinions?? Has anyone out there got TURBODOS to work with the C'T software please ???? If so, HOW? Cheers Pat K.
155.2	Try Reorg, comes with DLII	NEXUS::MORGAN	Human Reality Engineering, Inc.	`Sat Jul 09 1988 21:28`	8
	The performance of my 204 has not degraded, even with about 500 programs on it. Try the Reorg program that comes with DLII. It works for me with a 1040, Descart, and folderxxx. I've been using Reorg for about a year now with no problems. It is kinda' spooky to see it relocate 2 or 3 thousand clusters though... I recommend DLII and Reorg. They are chained together..
155.3	Is DLII PD?	RADINA::PASCIUTA	Adrian (RDGENG::) Pasciuta	`Mon Jul 11 1988 07:03`	5
	I've seen many references to the DLII program. Is it PD? I've not seen it anywhere. If anyone on the Enet has it, could they tell us? Adrian
155.4	How great, compared to fatspeed?	PANGLS::BAILEY		`Tue Jul 12 1988 16:38`	8
	Can anybody comment on the speed-up of TurboDOS vs FATSPEED? 100K seems like a stiff price to pay. Further, can anybody provide me with a copy of FATSPEED.PRG? I tried to get one from the Lakesys archive, but I can't seem to get anything but an index. Steph
155.5	DLII for the taking	MILRAT::WALLACE		`Mon Jul 25 1988 22:07`	4
	For a short time you can copy DLII.ARC from MILRAT::DISK$USER3:[WALLACE.PUBLIC.ST]DLII.ARC Ray
155.6	FOLDRXXX obsolete?	SUOSW2::KAISER	me again...	`Thu Aug 18 1988 02:47`	9
	I'm working with Turbodos on my Mega 2 for about two months now. To correct the "40 folder bug" ("100 folder bug" with the new blitter ROMs) I use FOLDRXXX.PRG. My question is: Do I need FOLDRXXX.PRG if I have Turbodos? I've heard that Turbodos corrects this bug. Is this right? I could really need the extra memory, VIP professional eats up a lot of it. Thanks -Hans
155.7	Better use FOLDERXXX anyway !!!	BRSDVP::GEBOERS	Grin and ignore it.	`Mon Aug 22 1988 08:29`	15
	> I'm working with Turbodos on my Mega 2 for about two months now. > To correct the "40 folder bug" ("100 folder bug" with the new blitter ROMs) >I use FOLDRXXX.PRG. My question is: Do I need FOLDRXXX.PRG if I have Turbodos? >I've heard that Turbodos corrects this bug. Is this right? I could really need >the extra memory, VIP professional eats up a lot of it. Although Atari claims in the accompanying letter that you don't need FOLDRXXX.PRG anymore, I had still problems with this bug. After using FOLDR200, all problems with Turbodos disappeared. (It screwed the D: partition of my hard disk, luckily I'm paranoid abouth this and had a decent backup !) Cor
155.8	Where are TURBODOS and REORG?	ERASME::JBETTELS	J�rgen Bettels, GEO 821-4660	`Tue Dec 27 1988 07:25`	6
	Can someone post a pointer again to TURBODOS? The CIMBAD pointer from 155.0 does not work any longer. I would also appreciate if someone could give again a pointer to REORG. Thanks a lot, J�rgen.
155.9	temporarily on $4$DUA22:	CIMBAD::POWERS	I Dream Of Wires - G. Numan	`Tue Dec 27 1988 09:20`	17
	RE: < Note 155.8 by ERASME::JBETTELS "J�rgen Bettels, GEO 821-4660" > > Can someone post a pointer again to TURBODOS? The CIMBAD pointer from > 155.0 does not work any longer. > I would also appreciate if someone could give again a pointer to REORG. > Thanks a lot, J�rgen. The disk that my account was on, bought the farm, they have temporarily moved my files to disk $4$DUA22: Simply replace that logical, for the DISK$USER logical as mentioned in .0. I have not been informed, when it will be switched back. Sorry about that Bill Powers
155.10	back again	CIMBAD::POWERS	I Dream Of Wires - G. Numan	`Thu Dec 29 1988 07:35`	6
	The location of my files has returned to the location noted in .0 Bill Powers