Fast Serial Detection (was Re: Disk drive timing)

From: Ojala Pasi 'Albert' (albert_at_cs.tut.fi)
Date: 1998-08-24 13:13:28

> If you are doign a fastloader, you better switch off the screen,
> as teh VIC stops the CPU for a number of cycles every 8 rasterlines

I'm quite positive that Steve knows that :-)

Anyway, a somewhat different but related question I'm trying to get
an answer to is:
  How does the C128 ROM detect if the drive is Burst-capable?

I downloaded the ROM and I am commenting the disassembly, but I
would really only need to know when does the drive send that one
fast serial byte which flags it as burst-capable? So, if anyone
already has the answer, give it to me now :-)

-Pasi
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