Hi Netfolx,

I got this program from a German friend of mine which in turn had
downloaded it from some BBS. It has no documentation with it, but
I've used if for a week or so, and what it seems to do is this:

- speed-up FAT searching (at least 2 times)
- cache all (well...) directories ever read.
- (maybe) fix the 40 folder bug

It seems to do lot more, I've heard rumours about extra GEM functions,
bug-patches etc.etc.... Could some kind soul please disassemble it and
find out? (Oh no, *NOT* me!)

PS: Oh yes, put it in the /AUTO folder! (You knew that, didn't you?)


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I am impressed with TurboDOS even when used with a floppy
disk drive... try deleting lots of files - very fast!

However, I would suggest if you distribute it do so with
a disclaimer... just in case it trashes the software on
someone's hard disk drive.

I have NOT tested TURBODOS with a SUpra hard drive unit.

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- speed-up FAT searching (at least 2 times)
- cache all (well...) directories ever read.
- raise the 40 folder bug limit to 100 folders (I think)

It seems to do lot more, I've heard rumours about extra GEM functions,
bug-patches etc.etc.... The main problems with it is that it employs
write behind caching so that writes to a disk do not always take place.
This is not normally a problem except for floppy disks where it is possible
for turbodos to delay writing the FAT tables, when you then change floppy
disk it can then write the FAT tables to the new disk thus effectivly
trashing your floppy. This is not a problem with hard disk drives though.
Turbodos appears to write the entire cache out to floppy when you leave
a program and so desktop copies onto floppys do not appear to be affected
by the above problems. Turbodos does not run with all software, especially
software that does its own internal caching (eg: Laser C) but it does
run with the majority of software.

Trubodos works with Atari and Supra hard disks but probabally not any
other make of hard disk (eg: it definitely does not work with Triangle
triangle hard disks).

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