Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 23:43:44 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Do *you* have problems with floppies? Message-ID: <199709122343.QAA19479@usr04.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <19970912232505.WA27195@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Sep 12, 97 11:25:05 pm
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> > Umm. If timing is so critical, why do MS-DOS and Win311 work flawlessly > > with it? > > Timing isn't so critical. Floppies are probably not Terry's strongest > side either. For single sector writes, starting later than you should is a bad thing; the inter-sector gap, which is used to recognize sectors is hysteretically shortened by loose timing. But you're right: they aren't my strong suit in any case. I tend toward timing insensitive hardware and generally leave abominations for those people silly enough to not step one step back when they call for vounteers. 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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