Paul Walker wrote: 
 PW> Kim Forwood to Paul Walker, 14 Apr 98 22:10.
 
 PW>> I always use the largest buffer that I can, personally. Why is
 PW>> 8Kb faster?
 KF> Because of the speed that a computer can best read from the disk. I've
 PW> Ah. That would depend on the computer, though, I'd imagine - a
 PW> P2-333/SCSI  would more than be able to keep up, whereas an XT/MFM
 PW> might have trouble. :)  
 KF> Personally, I found that over 8k the speed only dropped slightly, as
 KF> opposed to anything below 8k where the difference was more
 KF> significant.
 PW> Hmm. I think I'll just stick at max., since you do more in memory
 PW> then. 
I was only considering disk read/writes, so you're generally right and
a larger buffer will be better for a working with data in memory.
  Kim Forwood
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