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simple: explain why we don't worry about disk read versus memory clear
authorAlan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Sat, 15 Sep 2018 23:44:14 +0000 (00:44 +0100)
committerAlan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Sat, 15 Sep 2018 23:44:14 +0000 (00:44 +0100)
commit13e108abd242c415e1171ae5f896b5f9bf79a3af
treeae87d6a945cdd5f5fd040973f4f51a885783a051tree | snapshot
parent570f4c344cd506496d51a0cdc430337a6468f1d9commit | diff
simple: explain why we don't worry about disk read versus memory clear

On the Z80 and many other 8bit micros a sequential series of disk reads
(especially from CF) are as fast as a memory clear or very close to it.

The TRS80 is perhaps the obvious exception.
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