Eric Rucker wrote:
> On Feb 19, 4:30 pm, schmidtd  wrote:
> 
>>I see the exact same thing you do with having to do a bunch of D-Esc-D-
>>Esc-D-Esc sequences to get the Uther version to finally connect.  I
>>can't seem to figure out why it won't "go" out of the gate.  I've
>>tried several different things to no avail.  The client currently
>>sends a ping on startup (if you've previously configured the Ethernet
>>parameters) to hopefully cut down on the number of times you have to
>>do it yourself.  Maybe I should just try sending a bunch. :-)
> 
> 
> Hmm.
> 
> Here's another thing, although I know it's not likely... on a GS, is
> it possible to be fast enough to pull in data while saving to disk at
> the same time, to take advantage of the fast CPU? Or, even if it is
> possible, would it just slow things down to do that?

On any Apple II, it's not possible to do *anything* else while
writing to a 5.25" diskette.  Writing is done with critically
timed CPU loops, at the canonical "1MHz" Apple II speed.

-michael

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