erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) (08/03/88)
In article <2379@sugar.uu.net>, karl@sugar.uu.net (Karl Lehenbauer) writes: > I don't know at what point this becomes weirding out. Isn't it OK to have a > dedicated processor on the multiport serial I/O boards? Isn't it OK to have > microprocessors in the disk controllers? ...in a graphics terminal? So why Hey. The CBM 1541 has a 6510 in it... Two 1541s, with a special program, can copy a 1541 SS disk in under 21 seconds. There's something to be said for having a CPU, ROM and RAM in your floppy controller. Of course, CBM had to go and put a serial link between the C64 and the 1541, thus destroying any beneifts gained by having a smart floppy drive. :-( -- Motorola Skates on Intel's Head! J. Eric Townsend ->uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict smail:511Parker#2,Hstn,Tx,77007 ..!bellcore!tness1!/