Re: Mac IIfx Quesitons

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From: george kai yee chow
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 1990 17:18

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In article <1990Apr12.025646.27266@csuchico.edu> tempest@walleye.UUCP (Ken) writes:
>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?

Seeing that nothing of the sort was mentioned in the system 6.0.5 documents,
I"d suspect it isn't possible with the current system software. Maybe 7?

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