Re: Fast copy routine needed

From: Per Olofsson <*magervalp_at_fastmail.fm*> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 21:35:27 +0200 Message-Id: <1440272127.1487521.363210217.6B313561@webmail.messagingengine.com> · magervalp_at_fastmail.fm

On Sat, Aug 22, 2015, at 09:07 PM, Spiro Trikaliotis wrote:
> 
> Additionally, in warp mode, no GCR decoding is done in the floppy. The
> rationale is that the PC is much faster then the 6502. Note that noone
> ever did calculations if it would be better to do some calculations on
> the 6502 side in order to reduce the amount of bytes to be transferred.

Since lft managed to figure out how to decode GCR on the fly, there's
really no reason to transfer raw GCR data anymore. The IEC bus is going
to be the bottleneck, so sending fully decoded data should minimize
transfer time.

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  Per Olofsson
  magervalp@fastmail.fm

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