Date   : Fri, 19 Aug 2005 07:35:17 +0100
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: FileStore Disc Access Timings

In article <B7FFE49C5E1D484D9DF087A4F582DCA2.MAI@...>, Ian
Wolstenholme <BBCMailingList@...> writes

>Can anybody let me know if it is possible to set the disc access times
>on the FileStore?  My FileStore E01 is hideously slow for accessing
>the floppy drives.

I think this was a deliberate move, to maximise floppy reliability, and
also to drive network managers screaming to their nearest Acorn dealer
to plonk down the wonga for a hard disc :)

There's no reason the drives couldn't be operated much faster as far as
I can see.  The physical units are high quality Sony drives (of course,
FileSnore was produced in the years before the quality of Sony stuff
turned to shit.)

>  It really needs a *CO. FDRIVE 3 doing on it but
>of course you can't!

I have a feeling the floppy access speed is set by jumpers on the
FileSnore main board.  You'd need to take a look at the cct diagrams.

Mike