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Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation

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From TheJ <thej@shaw.ca>
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Subject Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation
Date Wed, 8 Jul 2015 17:56:28 +0000 (UTC)
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> So I have some Floppy Emu benchmarks on an accelerated GS and a CFFA2:
> 
> CFFA2 Start GS/OS: 20 seconds
> CFFA Starts AppleWorks with lots of Timeout: 6 seconds
> 
> Floppy Emu Start GS/OS: 1min 8secs
> Floppy Emu Start AppleWorks with lots of Timeout: 15 seconds
> 
> That said, I got this primarily for my IIc+, and I really like it. It
> boots
> to ProSel 8 in about a second, and AppleWorks with lots of TimeOut modules
> in under 10. 
> 
> I consider the speed quite good overall - more than enough for 8-bit
> machines, and you know, though GS/OS takes significantly longer to boot
> than a CFFA, I bet once running, GS/OS is still pleasant to use (I need to
> try living with it for a while), certainly moreso than the ol' Floppy
> Shuffle, and it's probably comparable to the slow hard disks of the era.
> 
> (copied and pasted from a few posts of mine on the FB Apple II group)
> 
> -Warr
>

What are the bandwidth limits of the Smartport?
TheJ

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FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation pitz <pitz.wong@gmail.com> - 2015-04-06 12:56 -0700
  Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> - 2015-04-06 17:55 -0400
  Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2015-07-02 20:56 -0500
    Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com> - 2015-07-03 09:17 -0400
    Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Gary Gray <vengefultacos@gmail.com> - 2015-07-03 15:54 -0400
      Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2015-07-04 11:01 -0500
        Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Gary Gray <vengefultacos@gmail.com> - 2015-07-04 17:25 -0400
          Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Steve Chamberlin <steve.chamberlin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 14:16 -0700
            Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation TheJ <thej@shaw.ca> - 2015-07-13 22:36 +0000
    Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Steve Chamberlin <steve.chamberlin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-06 17:06 -0700
      Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2015-07-07 09:51 -0500
        Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2015-07-07 15:32 -0500
        Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Steve Chamberlin <steve.chamberlin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-07 16:45 -0700
          Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation roughana <andrew.roughan@writeme.com> - 2015-07-07 18:49 -0700
            Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation "Christopher G. Mason" <cgm1@my-deja.com> - 2015-07-07 23:19 -0400
            Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Steve Chamberlin <steve.chamberlin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-08 10:17 -0700
              Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com> - 2015-07-08 21:53 -0400
                Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Steve Chamberlin <steve.chamberlin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-08 20:29 -0700
                Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation RJ <moddkid@gmail.com> - 2015-07-20 11:31 +0000
                Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Steve Chamberlin <steve.chamberlin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-20 07:20 -0700
                Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Steve Chamberlin <steve.chamberlin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-20 09:26 -0700
                Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation RJ <moddkid@gmail.com> - 2015-07-21 11:46 +0000
                Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Steve Chamberlin <steve.chamberlin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-21 08:36 -0700
          Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation "Christopher G. Mason" <cgm1@my-deja.com> - 2015-07-07 23:16 -0400
            Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com> - 2015-07-08 05:43 -0700
        Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation TheJ <thej@shaw.ca> - 2015-07-08 15:57 +0000
        Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Sean Fahey <a2fan@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-08 09:12 -0700
          Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2015-07-09 09:00 -0500
    Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com> - 2015-07-08 10:34 -0700
      Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation TheJ <thej@shaw.ca> - 2015-07-08 17:56 +0000

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