[Coco] Some OS9 Questions

[Bob Devries]

I think that the usual style of defragmentation, that is, splitting of files 
into fragments, is fairly unusual on hard discs with a coco.

However, the splitting up of directories, which after all, is just another 
file, does happen frequently.

Also, if related files are scattered across the disk, this will also slow 
down the reading.

My $0.02

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark McDougall" <msmcdoug at iinet.net.au>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Some OS9 Questions


> Joel Ewy wrote:
>
>> I think a good disk defragmenter would make a
>> good project for somebody.
>
> Interesting - I would've thought that with a Coco, given the fact that a
> HDD can move data much faster than the Coco can process, plus the fact
> that (I would _imagine_) most files aren't going to be very big, that
> fragmentation isn't going to be a performance factor at all?!?
>
> Quite willing to be proven wrong...
>
> Regards,
>
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