[Coco] DW and 6551

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Are you really understanding the speed that DW bitbanger runs at?

There is no comparison with any CoCo hardware solution!

SHF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allen Huffman" <alsplace at pobox.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] DW and 6551


>> On Feb 10, 2015, at 5:35 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> There was a driver at one point, but I don't think anyone maintains it and
>> so I don't think it was converted to the modular system we started using a
>> while back.  In the time since that document was written I think it's
>> realistically changed to "not supported".  Writing a driver for the 6551
>> would not be very difficult but since it's so limited in speed compared to
>> the bitbanger I think there is little interest.
> 
> At a reduction of speed, would we get better responsiveness by using the hardware,