Re: [cbm4linux-users] Transfer time of a complete D64 with standard IEC protocol?

[Michael K. <mic...@pu...>]

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, Joe Forster/STA wrote:

>> Can anybody tell me how much time it takes to read a complete floppy
>> image (D64) using only the original IEC bus protocol?
>
> I don't think anyone would have enough time to test this... 8^) Seriously,
> when I tested it last time with The Star Commander - not cbm4linux! -, I
> managed to read a full 1541 disk in 7:50 and write it in 9:55. That was
> normal mode, the usual IEC protocol, no extras and that's what I wrote
> into the benchmark table in the docs. Bye,

cbm4linux is a bit slower. Somewhere between 10 and 12 minutes, 
depending on load and interleave.

cheers!

-- 
Michael

puffin:~ > uptime
  15:00:53 up 59 days,  7:28,  1 user,  load average: 0.31, 0.13, 0.07