Re: Apple //c smartport compact flash adapter

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Feb 4, 9:18 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:

> FWIW, the CFFA, running on my 8MHz Zipped //e, delivers 44.4KB/sec
> data bandwidth for BLOADs through BASIC.SYSTEM, so there's something
> to be said for a bus connection.  (BTW, transfer rate did not seem
> to be strongly affected by acceleration, even with slot speed set to
> "fast".)

Interesting - sounds like there's a handshake between bytes that
limits its throughput.

The Rev C. SCSI (from memory, I think we did this once before) is
around 35kb/s on my accelerated IIe. I'd say they're both slow
compared to other options, and certainly slow compared to what's
achievable in a bus connected card.

My marketing skills aren't the best, but I'd guess the majority of
people wanting such a thing on a IIc would be more than satisfied with
SmartPort speeds. The 'power users' are already using IIe's or IIgs's
anyway.

Matt