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From: erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Distributed processing (was Re: Self-modifying code
Summary: The slowest 5.25" in the free world.
Message-ID: <1254@flatline.UUCP>
Date: 3 Aug 88 02:01:29 GMT
References: <5254@june.cs.washington.edu> <76700032@p.cs.uiuc.edu> <2379@sugar.uu.net>
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In article <2379@sugar.uu.net>, karl@sugar.uu.net (Karl Lehenbauer) writes:

> I don't know at what point this becomes weirding out.  Isn't it OK to have a
> dedicated processor on the multiport serial I/O boards?  Isn't it OK to have
> microprocessors in the disk controllers?  ...in a graphics terminal?  So why


Hey.  The CBM 1541 has a 6510 in it...  Two 1541s, with a special
program, can copy a 1541 SS disk in under 21 seconds.  There's something
to be said for having a CPU, ROM and RAM in your floppy controller.

Of course, CBM had to go and put a serial link between the C64 and
the 1541, thus destroying any beneifts gained by having a smart
floppy drive. :-(
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