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Article #11807Re: Mac IIfx Quesitons
From: Ken
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 1990 02:56
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 1990 02:56
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In article <7642@goofy.Apple.COM> stevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen) writes: [...] >one runs the serial ports. Since floppy disk activity is such a CPU hog, >using the I/O processor means that the '030 can be doing its thing while the >IOP is playing with the floppy disk. And since the floppy and ADB code know [...] I suppose the next natural question is: If the I/O processors relieve the main CPU to do its thing, is it possible for the IIfx to format/copy a disk/disks in the background? Ken _____________________________________________________________________________ Kenneth K.F. Lui | Other paths you can use: tempest@csuchico.edu | tempest@csuchico.edu, tempest@csuchico ________________________________|____________________________________________
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!dali!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!ucdavis!csusac!csuchico.edu!walleye!tempest From: tempest@walleye.uucp (Ken) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac IIfx Quesitons Message-ID: <1990Apr12.025646.27266@csuchico.edu> Date: 12 Apr 90 02:56:46 GMT References: <8799@chaph.usc.edu> <7642@goofy.Apple.COM> Sender: news@csuchico.edu (USENET) Reply-To: tempest@walleye.UUCP (Ken) Organization: California State University, Chico Lines: 16