Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Finnigan Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.programmer Subject: Re: How long should DOS 3.3 take to =?UTF-8?B?bG9hZD8=?= Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 20:22:50 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 20:22:50 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="ba5eccc5aaa957a38a56c47c1a431311"; logging-data="23564"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+bh+yHoRIVBKjKmk7SlaUR" User-Agent: Mac GUI Usenet Cancel-Lock: sha1:eesgae7rQ65/ajhhKoaSgcltw5o= In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2.programmer:4663 thomas.harte wrote: > i.e. from placing the disk in the drive and switching on a II+, roughly > how > long should it be until Integer BASIC is loaded and I'm back at the BASIC > prompt? > > > But I thought I'd double check first: how long should the boot actually > take? > Several seconds. First the drive head is forced back to track 0, making the clack-clack-clack. Then DOS is loaded from the first couple tracks. Then the INTBASIC file is loaded, and that's about 42 sectors. I'm going to guess it's in the neighborhood of 5 to 6 seconds.... Let's time it and find out for sure. :-) -- ]DF$ The New Apple II User's Guide: https://macgui.com/newa2guide/