Subj : Re: Closing a file in Assembly on the VIC-20
To   : Andreas Kohlbach
From : Anssi Saari
Date : Sat Jun 19 2021 03:03 pm

Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> writes:

> And the delay when physically writing a file does not occur in
> emulators. That's why it worked in VICE right away.

Unless emulators actually emulate the drive? Not sure if you think I'm
stupid or not. Anyways, drive emulation is often needed on 8-bit
Commodores since the drives are "smart", in effect computers in
themselves.

> Hmm, VICE has "true drive emulation". I wonder what happens if activated...

Disk access is authentically slow if activated. I usually have it on and
had for this. I find my little retro fun is more fun with that. Vice
even emulates drive sounds if requested but that gets tiresome pretty
fast.
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