10 Jan
1999
10 Jan
'99
2:15 p.m.
Zane, I think that you will find that different folks
have had different
experiences in this regard. It seems to depend upon the speed of the
processor, the make/model of the FDC, and the FD drive. I have used
TeleDisk with no problems on a 486/33. I cannot comment on putr.
Try it and see is probably the best guidance.
I got smart and did a few DejaNews searches after asking the question this
morning. It looks like most people have problems trying to do this on
anything faster than a 486/33 (which is what I'm currently using). My
problem is when I bought that system back in '91 I bought it to be
expandable, so it's in a _FULL_ size tower case, and I'm looking to free up
some space. Looks like that one stays though.
Actaully I don't know that 'putr' has a problem with the higher speeds, but
apparently 'teledisk', 'anadisk', and '22disk' all have problems
with
systems faster than a 486/33.
Does anyone run 'putr' on a Pentium or Pentium II? It's the utility I'm
the most interested in being able to run. I've tried running it in DOSemu
under Linux and that doens't seem to work.
Zane
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