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From: tempest@walleye.uucp (Ken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac IIfx Quesitons
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Date: 12 Apr 90 02:56:46 GMT
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In article <7642@goofy.Apple.COM> stevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen) writes:
[...]
>one runs the serial ports.  Since floppy disk activity is such a CPU hog,
>using the I/O processor means that the '030 can be doing its thing while the
>IOP is playing with the floppy disk.  And since the floppy and ADB code know
[...]
I suppose the next natural question is: If the I/O processors
relieve the main CPU to do its thing, is it possible for the IIfx
to format/copy a disk/disks in the background?

Ken

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