[Coco] Re: Questions about the 502 controller vs the Disto SC II

[Charlie]

Thanks Mike, for the info.

> Sure. Want to sell me the SC2? :)

Well I want the RSDOS 6ms rom from my SCII, and I would trade it for a
working 501 or 502 controller.
The SCII is mostly wasted being used by me. All I do is play Kings Quest and
Sundog games. :-)

-Charlie


"Mike Pepe" <lamune at doki-doki.net> wrote in
message news:44C767C1.10206 at doki-doki.net...
> Charlie wrote:
> > I should be getting a FD-502 controller sometime this week. I want to
use it
> > to replace my Disto SC II.
> > The reason being the limited space I have for my coco the much more
compact
> > 502 controller will be better for me.
>
> The 501 is the better controller in my opinion, but the 502 is fine.
>
> > So first question is this: My Disto has a RSDOS rom with 6ms (seek time
I
> > guess). So it works pretty fast under RSDOS.
> > Can I move this ROM to the stock 502 controller with no worries?
>
> Maybe. If they're both 28 pin ROMs, then most likely yes. The 24 and 28
> pin varieties used in the CoCo are not socket compatible. I believe the
> 502 has a 28-pin socket. Not sure about the SCII
>
> > Also will Nitros9 have the faster seek times with the 502 as I have now
with
> > the Disto. I'm not worried about no-wait and all.
> > I'd just like the performance to be close is all. What would be the best
way
> > to optimize a Nitros9 boot disk so that the 502 and
> > my drives perform thier best?
>
> Seek time in that regard is a function of the mode settings in NitrOS9.
> It doesn't matter what the ROM is programmed for.
>
> > Thanks!
>
> Sure. Want to sell me the SC2? :)
>
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