> > Believe it or not, but as the Z80's we're going to use are going to > > be running at 20Mhz, IO may be slightly *FASTER* :) > > That's cool. Trouble is that with a few things like disk access, the processor > is just sitting there waiting for things to happen, so it would be slightly > slower for that... in fact I don't quite see what the speed of the processor > has to do with the speed of I/O - I see them as quite independent. Please do > correct me if I'm wrong...
erm... right.. well, erm.... I thought you meant that IO in general will be slower -- as all the processors are running faster, and a lot are specialised, it *does* mean that IO will be faster than on the SAM -- a lot of ASIC stuff *will* be bypassed. Si +----------------INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Blood Succour: Another name for a helpful vampire??? :) | | "The Chronos Theorem" -- Update: 80 pages and holding | +------------------JANET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
