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   Markus Humm to L D Blake   
   Re: FPC Questions   
   29 Sep 04 09:33:01   
   
   From: markus.humm1@freenet.de   
      
   L D Blake schrieb:   
      
   > OH WOW... I have _got_ to spend more time proof reading...   
   >   
   >   
   >>Hmm, I don't agree. Mem transfer and CPU speed also increased. The ratio is   
   better,   
   >>but not much.   
   >   
   >   
   > Yes, but overall the entire thing is a really big lot faster.  The ratio   
   seems   
   > rather irrelevent when we realize that the average disk drive today is 60   
   > times faster than the ones we had under DOS.   
   >   
   This doesn't depend too much on the OS! You can operate actuall disk   
   drives with apropriate versions of plain DOS too. Better say "faster   
   than the ones we had years ago".   
      
   Greetings   
      
   Markus   
      
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