Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 13:12:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> To: "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu> Cc: "K.J.Koster" <kjk1@ukc.ac.uk>, questions@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do *you* have problems with floppies? Message-ID: <199709131704.NAA22096@gatekeeper.itribe.net> In-Reply-To: <199709122016.PAA07866@beowulf.utmb.edu>
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On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, M. L. Dodson wrote: > K.J.Koster writes: > > > > > > Personally, I suspect timing issues with the floppy driver; I assume > > > you are using an unFIFO'ed NEC floppy controller. Floppy timing is > > > a critical factor in hysterisis effects and overall reliability. > > > > > I do have in fact a NEC floppy controller :) > > > > Umm. If timing is so critical, why do MS-DOS and Win311 work flawlessly > > with it? I mean, they are hardly real-time OS-es? > > > > Actually in this case, they are. You can't do anything else > while the floppy disk is being serviced by the driver. You can get windows to screw this up quite easily actually. Put a floppy in ye ole floppy drive, open a dos window, use command line format, and then go do something else. It invariably screws up the format and produces a disk that probably won't work. Jamie Bowden System Administrator, iTRiBE.net Abusenet: The Misinformation Superhighway
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