[Coco] Drivewire / Coconet ? Is a rs232 pack any faster than the bit banger?

[Mike Pepe]

Faster? Technically, no. However the RS232 PAK can transmit and receive with little overhead to the CoCo, whereas the bit banger requires almost exclusive "attention" of the CPU to drive properly.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-
> bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Brian Blake
> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 9:16 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire / Coconet ? Is a rs232 pack any faster
> than the bit banger?
> 
> RS-282 pak - I can't answer that question, anybody else?
> 
> There are numerous games and programs in general that will not run
> without
> real floppy hardware due to using their own disk access routines. It
> sucks,
> but, it's a fact...
> This is where the flexibility of the DrivePak really shines, as long as
> you
> have an MPI... You can switch between real disk hardware and the
> virtual
> disks with a single command, and without hardware changeover.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Mark Ormond
> <markormond at mtxsystems.com>wrote:
> 
> > Is a rs232 pack any faster than the bit banger?
> > And is there anyway to get the infocom games to run without a real
> disk
> > drive?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Later,
> > dabone
> >
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