reworking my uart

I’ve got reads happening at 1:19 per disk.

I added a PurgeComm() function just prior to any reads to flush the buffer.

While I think this is a reasonable time to read a whole disk, I can’t help but wonder where the rest of the time is going to.

Here’s the breakdown:

79 seconds total
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42 seconds to read the disk
+ 13 seconds total transfer time
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55 seconds should be the total, but stepping, communication with the SX, etc is taking another 24 seconds. An extra 150ms of time per track.

Where’s this time going?

Nope, I’m at 2mbps again!! That’s how I was able to achieve much faster results. I guess I didn’t mention that. 🙂

I rewrote the UARTs, and they are much more reliable now.

I really don’t wait on switching sides…. After stepping, I wait 5ms. It’s always forward stepping for now.

While I might not be waiting, there is SOME additional time for commands to be read in, to be processed, to return to the main loop, for a function to be called, for another command to be issued, and so on. And remember this is on a multitasking machine, which means my process doesn’t get 100% attention from the CPU, etc.

Hrrmmm.. Maybe I should force a small delay on switching sides……….but it *is* in fact working, so I guess I’m not violating the specs too much.

The amiga has an advantage because its being used AS it’s being read. My operations don’t happen simultaneously. First I read and store, and then I transfer. I’m not reading and transferring each track at the same time. Honestly though, 13 seconds of total transfer time across the whole disk is negligible.

I’m actually pretty satisfied with 1:16 per disk. A “perfect” score is 55 seconds, so I’m only 21 seconds off…….. I’m still going to look to optimize, but there are bigger fish to fry…..

I’m just not sure which ones yet.