Path: csiph.com!optima2.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: TheJ Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: FloppyEmu now supports 800K disk emulation Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 17:56:28 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <4e0d959b-d2c4-4b49-8451-a68bc9bda90a@googlegroups.com> <8d2b1452-543a-4ef5-8307-3baa19294cb6@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 17:56:28 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="ac9e0e4d7dd3957fb97803ee6801bab8"; logging-data="457"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+KbF+m8SE2mz6BYl1fYcxS" User-Agent: Mac GUI Usenet In-Reply-To: <8d2b1452-543a-4ef5-8307-3baa19294cb6@googlegroups.com> Cancel-Lock: sha1:v6zSzfnEl0HdMQFjvzd1lVZOT2E= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2:25219 > 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