ecarroll@vax1.tcd.ie (05/02/90)
In article <11165@cbmvax.commodore.com>, hood@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Hood) writes: >>Is the blitter still used to decode MFM data from the floppy? > > Yes the blitter is still used to decode the floppy data :-(. I thought Bryce said during his talk at the Paris Devcon that he'd figured out a way of decoding the MFM data "for free" while calculating the checksum (or vice versa) and so it was actually faster to do it via software. Has this idea been scrapped? (This is veering away from comp.amiga.hardware; sorry.) >>BTW, Dave and all the rest of the guys at C=, you did an incredible job on >>the design of the system. No ifs ands or buts, it was done well. I can only second this. And I haven't even touched one yet :-) All the info etc. that's been flying around is making me _really_ impatient waiting for CBM UK to ship me out my development system.... One thing I haven't seen mentioned is the results of DiskPerf on the 3000. Anyone like to oblige? -- Eddy Carroll ----* Genuine MUD Wizard | "You haven't lived until ecarroll@vax1.tcd.ie | you've died in MUD!" ecarroll%vax1.tcd.ie@cunyvm.cuny.edu | -- Richard Bartle