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Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc

Newsgroups comp.sys.apple2.programmer
Date 2016-03-21 02:57 -0700
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Subject Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc
From wssimms@gmail.com

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On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 1:23:58 PM UTC+9, D Finnigan wrote:
> wssimms wrote:
> > On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 11:44:30 AM UTC+9, D Finnigan wrote:
> >> Hum-ho. I wonder how many years it will be until we get an interrupting,
> >> DMA-capable solid-state disk for the Apple II.
> >> 
> >> We just got an interrupting Ethernet card last year, so miracles do
> >> happen... :-)
> > 
> > I should add that a DMA-capable solid state disk probably wouldn't need to
> > interrupt. After all, there's no rotational or seek latency, and DMA
> > should
> > keep transfer latency under a millisecond.
> >
> 
> Good point. Next question: how long have you been working on this project so
> far? :-)
> 
> (At least since February 13th, I see...)

I started on the compatibility layer in December, 2014, but there have been a couple of lengthy pauses due to various things intruding on my time. Most of the work has been done in the last 4-5 months.

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Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-03-20 01:12 -0700
  Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-03-20 01:17 -0700
    Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-03-20 10:59 -0700
      Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2016-03-20 19:10 +0000
        Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc remygibert63@gmail.com - 2016-05-09 07:14 -0700
    Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-03-30 12:04 -0700
  Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2016-03-20 19:14 +0000
    Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-03-20 12:29 -0700
      Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2016-03-20 19:34 +0000
        Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-03-20 12:48 -0700
      Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc Oliver Schmidt <ol.sc@web.de> - 2016-03-21 16:05 +0000
    Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-03-20 12:38 -0700
      Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2016-03-20 20:39 +0000
        Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-03-20 19:03 -0700
          Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2016-03-21 02:41 +0000
            Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-03-20 21:12 -0700
            Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-03-20 21:17 -0700
              Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2016-03-21 04:20 +0000
                Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-03-21 02:57 -0700
          Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-03-21 01:40 -0500
      Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc Andy McFadden <thefadden@gmail.com> - 2016-03-20 13:45 -0700
        Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-03-20 18:55 -0700
  Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc Nicola <nvitacolonna@gmail.com> - 2016-03-25 07:52 +0200
    Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-03-25 01:38 -0700
      Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2016-03-30 18:29 +0000
        Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-03-30 11:55 -0700
          Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-03-30 12:34 -0700
          Re: Project: 6th Edition Unix for the Apple IIe/IIc D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2016-03-31 00:24 +0000

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