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- From: "Michael M. Rye" <1726@topcity.mn.org>
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- Subject: Re: Downgrade the Amiga High Density standard
- Date: 27 Feb 1996 20:43:33 GMT
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- Joerg Deutschle <etk11485@rpool10.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
- >On 25 Feb 1996, Glenn Saunders wrote:
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- GS> Didn't someone post here a while back saying that AT was going to release
- GS> an updated Paula for all amigas that will put this problem to rest? It
- GS> would be nice, wouldn't it?
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- JD>It's not done with just a new Paula! In order to use 300rpm HD floppys
- JD>you need to double the data transferrate. If anyone wants to use them in
- JD>15kHz screenmodes as well you need a new Alice, too. Otherwise the new
- JD>Paula will get the neccessary amount of data only in screenmodes >30kHz.
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- Excuse me for asking, if this is a dumb question, but what on earth to
- screen modes have to do with disk drives? Seems to me that a higher
- frequency screenmode (>30 kHz as you suggest) would cause more DMA
- bandwidth to be chewed up and, therefore, further disk problems?!?!?!
- Hell, I dunno......which is why I'm asking.
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