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Xref: sserve comp.os.os2.programmer:13305 comp.os.linux:52914 comp.os.mach:3165 comp.os.minix:22551 comp.periphs:4106 comp.unix.bsd:12407 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:4042 comp.os.386bsd.development:1050 Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.linux,comp.os.mach,comp.os.minix,comp.periphs,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!relay.philips.nl!cnplss5.cnps.philips.nl!bashful.isp.cft.philips.nl!rooij From: rooij@bashful.isp.cft.philips.nl (Guido van Rooij) Subject: Re: More annoyance on the DMA problem Message-ID: <1993Aug13.093900.10511@cnplss5.cnps.philips.nl> Keywords: DMA i8237 8254 Sender: news@cnplss5.cnps.philips.nl (USENET News System) Organization: Philips Communications & Processing Services, Eindhoven References: <jmonroyCBoq14.Kz0@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1993 09:39:00 GMT Lines: 10 jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) writes: > > The new FDC driver is reading a 1.44 meg diskette in > about 1 minute 30 seconds. There are 2880 sectors on > a diskette of this size. 2880 divided by 90 seconds > is 302 sectors per second. 66,287 divided by 302 is it? 2880/90=32 -Guido