Best OS 6 Apps — #16

Post #16 by Quadraman

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Software
Post Date	Tue, 26 Jun 2007 - 20:47
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/best-os-6-apps.8859/

Post

...a IIsi can't do much over 1.2MB/sec so there is no speed benefit from a faster drive.

Click to expand...

System 6 will benefit from increased spindle speed, and thus decreased seek time, even on a Classic. I wrote a LEM piece with 10+ hours of testing and tons of graphs on exactly this point.

I halved the boot-time of my Classic in 6.0.8 just by swapping from an Apple 40MB 4200RPM drive to some random 7200RPM drive I found on my floor.

Don't forget that fast hard drives also produce more heat. If we're talking about using an external drive, it probably won't matter how much heat it produces, but if you're replacing an internal drive, the heat output is something that needs to be considered since most compacts have poor ventilation to begin with.