Storage Allocation
Despite the name, FASTRAND was slow. The head positioning time was significant, so software allocated storage by tracks (1,792 words, 10,752 characters or 8,064 8 bit bytes) or "positions", a group of 64 tracks (114,688 words, 688,128 characters or 510,096 8 bit bytes) which were under the heads at a single time. This storage allocation method remained on the 1100 series machines long after drums had been replaced by disks.
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