OT: Writing floppies on PC; Was Re: Guys take a look

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From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Fri Apr 19 15:35:18 2002

On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Christopher Smith wrote:
> Careful, or you'll be setting around in a storage locker, writing
> BASIC programs on your PC Junior before you know it ;)

Not enough Zuse.
Besides, the Jr did not have DMA for floppy access (like the Tandy 1000),
so it would lock out EVERYTHING during floppy I/O.
Received on Fri Apr 19 2002 - 15:35:18 BST

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