[Coco] Bechmarks

[Tony Cappellini]

Message: 9
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 13:19:25 -0500
From: "Boisy G. Pitre" <boisy at tee-boy.com>
Subject: Re: [Coco] Bechmarks
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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>>Yes, there is some cost associated with sending commands to the device and awaiting the 512 bytes, then sending a similar command >>again and waiting for the next 512 bytes.  It does account for some percentage of time t

What is the fundamental reason for transferring only 1 sector at a time anyway?
Logically it doesn't make sense, so there must be some limitation
imposed at some level.