
	Brief Information about DiscTest v1.00
	
This a a very simple, non-Wimp program, to test writing files to disc.

It was written  so that the failure frequency could be investigated for
different file sizes when Iyonix PSU problems caused writing large files to
lock the machine up totally.

Note that *RMKill DMAManager did alleviate my problems totally, before I
replaced the PSU. This was felt to be because without DMA the disc was
working less hard (ie slower) and was not stressing the PSU as much.

If the supplied program is run, it will try to create:
	10,000 files, named 00001 upwards
	Each containing 100,111 lines of 65 characters (about 6MB)
	In directory ADFS::HardDisc4.DiscTest.Test1
until it fails, or you press Escape.

All the above can be changed very easily if you look at the program and
change the obvious variables.

The files contain a recognisable character string, starting at a random point
so it is easier to see where writing stopped after a failure.

After running DiscTest, you will have to delete the files manually.

If there is sufficient interest, I may be persuaded to add a Wimp front-end!

Martin Avison
martin@avisoft.f9.co.uk

