On Wed, 9 Nov 1994 21:52:05 +0000 (GMT), Simon Cooke said: > > Do you _really_ have to do this much checking for each pair of bytes?
> The amount of checking is *just in case* the drive is slow on providing a > byte -- some drives may be slower than others in this respect. That's what WAIT states are for (although a polling loop at the very start might be necessary, of course). But never mind because Johnathan Taylor (how many "h"s are there in your name, by the way?) has already recommended the use of inir (although several ini instructions would be faster). > (1) the ports ain't finalised yet, so INI couldn't be used if say there's a > different port for each byte of the word to read in If there is then it's a very stupid piece of hardware and wants redesigning. imc
