[Coco] Nitros9 high speed mode

[Paul Fitch]

>Message: 15
>Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:47:43 -0400
>From: Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net>
>Subject: Re: [Coco] Some OS9 Questions
>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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>Paul Fitch wrote:

>> Is there a HD defrag utility for Nitros9?
>>  
>No. As others have already answered, there are alternatives if you have 
>more than one hard drive on the Coco or can archive directories and send 
>them to a PC.

>If you are asking about an emulated system, the JVC Coco3 1.9.1 version 
>can mount two .vhd drives. That permits you to modify emudsk to use two 
>hard drives and dsave data from one to the other, thus defragging the data.

>> How do turn on and off the 6309 Nitros9 high speed mode?  And does it
matter
>> if you are using MESS?
>>  
>>  

>You don't need to turn off the high speed mode whether on a real Coco or 
>MESS.

In that case, is the high speed mode turned on "automatically"?  And how
would I be able to tell?  

Or if not turned on automatically, what command or system call is used to
tell Nitros to use the high speed mode?  And what command or system call is
used to confirm that it has been done?