[Coco] megaread

[Mark Marlette]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Taylor" <operator at coco3.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 4:01:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] megaread

At 11:13 AM 5/22/2010, you wrote:
>On 5/22/10, Christopher Hawks wrote:
> >
> >       Then I can check the speed of my 360k floppys:
> > load megaread
> > date -t; megaread 256 </d0@; date -t
> >
> > May 22, 2010 10:00:31
> > May 22, 2010 10:00:55
> >
> > So that's 24 sec for a quarter meg, 96 seconds for a megabyte read.
> >
> > Faster than Drivewire???
> >
> > Geez, now Boisy's gonna think I'm out to get him...
> >
> > Somebody better check this.
> >
>
>---
>
>The data transfer speed of DriveWire (115 kbps on a CoCo 3) is less
>than half that of a floppy (250 kbps).  When performing a sequential
>read without substantial head movement, it is not surprising that a
>floppy drive would be faster.
>
>Darren


I think he should double check his test.  Just from visual 
observation I think all of these virtual systems blow a real FDC out 
of the water.


-- 
~ Roger Taylor

>From a technical observation, the numbers look correct from Chris, Darren and Boisy.

Mark
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