> > Keeping FATs in memory is fine... til the machine xrashes and > you aint written it yet! Or you use it on Floppies and swap > them...
Well... We'll see. I'm definitiely going to have a read cache for the hard drive -- caching the floppies is being considered -- but it will read track 0 sector 1 to check if it's the right disk for the FAT in memory before it uses it. > Different tack. Bob (THE Bob) asked me if there is a CHEAP Z80 > assembler that works on a PC. Not on an emulator... Any ideas? Yes, there are billions of them -- but the best I've used is PDS and even then there are only a few things about it which makes it rate above comet -- and even then, comet wipes the floor with it on most things. Look in SRC.DOC.IC.AC.UK, under pub/packages/simtel/crossassemblers (or something like that). Next?:) Si
