Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!erh%virginia.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa From: erh%virginia.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: RE: FDC Recommendations Message-ID: <17570@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Mar-84 01:44:00 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.17570 Posted: Mon Mar 19 01:44:00 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Mar-84 08:20:37 EST Lines: 9 .pa I have been using Disk 1 from Godbout for 2 years now without any trouble with 8" disks. Godbout/CompuPro has now a new model of Disk 1 which runs both 5" and 8" disks in combination. In view of IBM/MS-DOS popularity, I would advise anyone to think of this capability in any controller they intend to purchase. Another consideration is whether the controller can do DMA, which is much faster than programmed I/O (but wont work with some older dynamic memories).