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Article #6764Re: Compression device
From: Randell Jesup
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 1990 03:34
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 1990 03:34
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In article <1990Nov16.215210.23026@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> pochron@cat37.cs.wisc.edu (David Pochron) writes:
>Why not just write a GCR-trackdisk.device that writes disks in GCR format
>instead of MFM format?
Because Paula can only handle GCR at 4us/bit, not 2us/bit. GCR
buys you some of that space back, but my no means all of it. Combine that
with slower reads and writes, and I think you see the answer.
--
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!rutgers!bagate!cbmvax!jesup From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Compression device Keywords: GCR trackdisk.device compression Message-ID: <15933@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 18 Nov 90 03:34:11 GMT References: <291@geocub.greco-prog.fr> <1990Oct15.120046.15007@ericsson.se> <1990Nov16.215210.23026@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 13