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From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@superior.truenorth.org>
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Subject: Re: 2.1.5r -> current upgrade
To: michaelv@MindBender.serv.net (Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com)
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 21:36:59 +1600 (PST)
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>
>>> >On my 486DX2/66 + VLB Ultrastor controller + 32M it is between 9 and
>>> >10 hours.  I'd really like to see an 82 minute make world, but I don't
>>> >have the $6k it takes to get the hardware to do that :-(.
>
>>> I've done make world (on NetBSD) in 81 minutes on my single
>>> P6-200. :-)  It doesn't take $6K...
>
>>You forgot about all the crystal tuning needed to make it take that
>>extra minute...
>
>It's not that hard, really.  You just have to tilt the case slightly
>so the disks spin "down hill".  That gives them the extra little bit
>of velocity you need to get the extra minute.
>

Yea, but the real trick is holding the machine in that position for 81
minutes :-)

Josef

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