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FEATURES/HDPROJ2
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_16.ADF |
Filename: | FEATURES/HDPROJ2 |
Read OK: | ✔ |
File size: | 0DF5 bytes |
Load address: | 48204556 |
Exec address: | 4F525044 |
File contents
Advantages and Disadvantages of a Hard Drive ******************************************** Advantages ++++++++++ There are two obvious advantages to a Hard Drive, the first being that it can store masses amounts of data and programs and the other its speed. I have already transferred about 60% of floppies using just over 5 Mega bytes of disc space, the reason I haven't transferred everything will come to light under the heading of disadvantages. ......speed.... To give you some idea of the data transfer speed I set up a simple test, spell check a View document with Viewspell (disc based dictionary) in MODE 3. The system : Electron using ADFS with 3.5" floppy drive and the Hard drive. Viewspell with the EXAMPLE document - 429 words 210 unique words I also tried the same test on the BBC. The system : BBC B+ using ADFS with 3.5" floppy drive, a 5.25" floppy drive with DFS and the Hard drive. --------------------------------------- : MACHINE : 3.5"FD : 5.25"FD : HD : :--------------:--------:---------:-----: : Electron (N) : 1m 22s : N/A : 26s : : Electron (T) : 1m 22s : N/A : 16s : :---------------------------------------: : BBC B+ ADFS : 2m : N/A : 15s : : BBC B+ DFS : N/A : 2m 38s : N/A : --------------------------------------- It can be seen from the results that the Electron is hanging around waiting to get the data from the floppy drive since there is no gain in speed between Normal and Turbo modes. When it comes the the Hard drive however the drive is hanging around for waiting for the Electron to accept more data, no doubt if the Electron could go faster the time would reduce further for the check. One other side effect of the hard drive is that there is no longer any screen flickering in Modes 0 to 3. Disadvantages ------------- The disadvantages arise from incompatible software e.g. T2P3 - You can store all the files on the HD, you can type *T2P3 and get a full menu, but, if you select a file then the computer goes to the Floppy drive!!!!! Click - Click is great, using EXTREE for file management is a must but the one important facility it claims it has does not work and that is the HD BACKUP!!!! STOP PRESS 64 - This program was written with floppy discs in mind so I can't blame the package but the drive selection option allows drives, 0 to 3 to be selected, the drive numbers with the HD attached are 0 (HD), 4 and 5 (FD) so I can't pick up screens, pages, fonts from the floppy drives. One other limitation within Stop Press is that the full path name can't be used with the keyboard options when LOADing and SAVing. I must say at this point that loading pages and screens takes only a couple seconds and if the points mentioned above can get sorted it then for speed and ease of use it's the best (monochrome) DTP package on the market. Well that's it, if anyone wants help or advise about fitting a Hard Disc Drive to their Electron then please write, I will do my best to help. THANKS DEREK FOR ANOTHER REALLY INTERESTING ARTICLE. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A HOST ADAPTOR FOR THE ELK USING CIRCUITS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES NOT LEAST DEREK. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN POSSABLY HAVING A HARD DISK ON THEIR ELK COULD THEY CONTACT ME ASAP SO THAT I CAN GAUGE INTEREST? ALSO I DESPERATELY NEED HELP FROM SOMEONE WITH ACCESS TO ULTRA VIOLET DOUBLE SIDED PCB MAKING FACILITIES. IF ANYONE CAN HELP CONTACT ME NOW!
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I must say a| 00000ad0 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 20 74 68 61 |t this point tha| 00000ae0 74 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 70 61 67 65 73 20 |t loading pages | 00000af0 61 6e 64 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 73 20 0d 74 61 6b |and screens .tak| 00000b00 65 73 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 61 20 63 6f 75 70 6c 65 |es only a couple| 00000b10 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 73 20 61 6e 64 20 69 66 20 | seconds and if | 00000b20 74 68 65 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 73 20 6d 65 6e 74 69 |the points menti| 00000b30 6f 6e 65 64 20 61 62 6f 76 65 20 63 61 6e 20 67 |oned above can g| 00000b40 65 74 20 0d 73 6f 72 74 65 64 20 69 74 20 74 68 |et .sorted it th| 00000b50 65 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 73 70 65 65 64 20 61 6e 64 |en for speed and| 00000b60 20 65 61 73 65 20 6f 66 20 75 73 65 20 69 74 27 | ease of use it'| 00000b70 73 20 74 68 65 20 62 65 73 74 20 28 6d 6f 6e 6f |s the best (mono| 00000b80 63 68 72 6f 6d 65 29 20 0d 44 54 50 20 70 61 63 |chrome) .DTP pac| 00000b90 6b 61 67 65 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 72 6b |kage on the mark| 00000ba0 65 74 2e 20 0d 20 0d 57 65 6c 6c 20 74 68 61 74 |et. . .Well that| 00000bb0 27 73 20 69 74 2c 20 69 66 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 |'s it, if anyone| 00000bc0 20 77 61 6e 74 73 20 68 65 6c 70 20 6f 72 20 61 | wants help or a| 00000bd0 64 76 69 73 65 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 66 69 74 74 |dvise about fitt| 00000be0 69 6e 67 20 61 20 48 61 72 64 20 0d 44 69 73 63 |ing a Hard .Disc| 00000bf0 20 44 72 69 76 65 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 | Drive to their | 00000c00 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 6e 20 70 6c |Electron then pl| 00000c10 65 61 73 65 20 77 72 69 74 65 2c 20 49 20 77 69 |ease write, I wi| 00000c20 6c 6c 20 64 6f 20 6d 79 20 62 65 73 74 20 74 6f |ll do my best to| 00000c30 20 0d 68 65 6c 70 2e 20 0d 0d 54 48 41 4e 4b 53 | .help. ..THANKS| 00000c40 20 44 45 52 45 4b 20 46 4f 52 20 41 4e 4f 54 48 | DEREK FOR ANOTH| 00000c50 45 52 20 52 45 41 4c 4c 59 20 49 4e 54 45 52 45 |ER REALLY INTERE| 00000c60 53 54 49 4e 47 20 41 52 54 49 43 4c 45 2e 0d 0d |STING ARTICLE...| 00000c70 49 20 41 4d 20 20 49 4e 20 54 48 45 20 50 52 4f |I AM IN THE PRO| 00000c80 43 45 53 53 20 4f 46 20 44 45 56 45 4c 4f 50 49 |CESS OF DEVELOPI| 00000c90 4e 47 20 41 20 48 4f 53 54 20 41 44 41 50 54 4f |NG A HOST ADAPTO| 00000ca0 52 20 46 4f 52 20 54 48 45 20 45 4c 4b 20 55 53 |R FOR THE ELK US| 00000cb0 49 4e 47 20 10 0d 43 49 52 43 55 49 54 53 20 46 |ING ..CIRCUITS F| 00000cc0 52 4f 4d 20 56 41 52 49 4f 55 53 20 53 4f 55 52 |ROM VARIOUS SOUR| 00000cd0 43 45 53 20 4e 4f 54 20 4c 45 41 53 54 20 44 45 |CES NOT LEAST DE| 00000ce0 52 45 4b 2e 20 49 46 20 41 4e 59 4f 4e 45 20 49 |REK. IF ANYONE I| 00000cf0 53 20 49 4e 54 45 52 45 53 54 45 44 20 0d 49 4e |S INTERESTED .IN| 00000d00 20 10 50 4f 53 53 41 42 4c 59 20 48 41 56 49 4e | .POSSABLY HAVIN| 00000d10 47 20 41 20 48 41 52 44 20 44 49 53 4b 20 4f 4e |G A HARD DISK ON| 00000d20 20 54 48 45 49 52 20 45 4c 4b 20 43 4f 55 4c 44 | THEIR ELK COULD| 00000d30 20 54 48 45 59 20 43 4f 4e 54 41 43 54 20 4d 45 | THEY CONTACT ME| 00000d40 20 41 53 41 50 20 0d 53 4f 20 10 54 48 41 54 20 | ASAP .SO .THAT | 00000d50 49 20 43 41 4e 20 47 41 55 47 45 20 49 4e 54 45 |I CAN GAUGE INTE| 00000d60 52 45 53 54 3f 0d 0d 41 4c 53 4f 20 49 20 44 45 |REST?..ALSO I DE| 00000d70 53 50 45 52 41 54 45 4c 59 20 4e 45 45 44 20 48 |SPERATELY NEED H| 00000d80 45 4c 50 20 46 52 4f 4d 20 53 4f 4d 45 4f 4e 45 |ELP FROM SOMEONE| 00000d90 20 57 49 54 48 20 41 43 43 45 53 53 20 54 4f 20 | WITH ACCESS TO | 00000da0 55 4c 54 52 41 20 56 49 4f 4c 45 54 20 0d 44 4f |ULTRA VIOLET .DO| 00000db0 55 42 4c 45 20 53 49 44 45 44 20 50 43 42 20 4d |UBLE SIDED PCB M| 00000dc0 41 4b 49 4e 47 20 46 41 43 49 4c 49 54 49 45 53 |AKING FACILITIES| 00000dd0 2e 20 49 46 20 41 4e 59 4f 4e 45 20 43 41 4e 20 |. IF ANYONE CAN | 00000de0 48 45 4c 50 20 43 4f 4e 54 41 43 54 20 4d 45 20 |HELP CONTACT ME | 00000df0 4e 4f 57 21 0d |NOW!.| 00000df5