[Coco] Re: Re: Questions about the 502 controller vs the Disto SC II

[L. Curtis Boyle]

On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:09:00 -0600, Charlie <chazbeenhad at hotmail.com>  
wrote:

> I did have no halt setup when I had my multipak and B&B harddrive  
> controller
> setup. Mr. Gault helped me with that. :)
> How would it help playing Kings Quest? I saw its benefits while
> multitasking, but if your just playing a game how would it help?
    Keyboard type ahead works even when the game is loading the next  
picture/map, etc. With a halting controller, all key presses during drive  
access are lost.

>
> Also is it the dmode command that sets the 6ms track stepping? What is  
> the
> proper line to have in the startup file?
> Right now I'm still using Nitros9 3.02.01. Is the command any different  
> for
> the newest version of Nitros9?
     I don't think it has changed, but it is best to actually patch your  
drive descriptor in the boot file itself (DED would work fine for this),  
so that the faster stepping speed is permanent (not to mention in effect  
even when booting). If you patch the BOOT module as well, your bootup time  
will be reduced even more.
    If you want to do it with DMODE, it would be DMODE /[drivename] STP=3

>
>
> -Charlie