On 2013-01-14, at 12:40, Nicolas Welte wrote: >> I found one more claim similar to that, possibly coming from a less "controversial" source: >> >> http://www.c64.com/scene_display_interview.php?interview=178 >> >> "I de-coded a [w]hole block in real-time during reading and writing. Not first read in the buffer and then de-code." >> >> It comes from a guy who is the author of (faster than Dolphin) Prologic DOS but I still can't see how could this be done. > > Prologic DOS also uses a decoding table approach, but it can speed up the drive CPU to 2MHz. This is done for reading and decoding, of course. That would explain: around 40-45 cycles take then half of the 1MHz time, which suffice. Yeah - mystery solved.. -- SD! Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2013-01-14 15:00:04
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