Re: IEEE-488 bus

From: Jim Brain <brain@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:34 GMT

christianlott1 wrote:

I know it's not needed but I've read that older C= drives had an extra
cpu and the part of the 1541's job is emulating it. Add the extra cpu
and no emulation and maybe faster transfer speeds possible?

No, the transfer speed is limited by transfer bandwidth, not CPU time.

Adding another CPU is a serious endeavor, anyway, and guaranteed to not be compatible with much.

jim
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