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Originally Posted by hooverphonique
Paula takes care of floppy data I/O, so I don't understand why a reimplementation of Gary would help there.
Also, where would you get the extra DMA slots needed for increased floppy bandwidth?
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OK having another look at the schematics
https://www.amigawiki.org/dnl/schematics/A500_R6.pdf
So floppy appears to be split between Paula and Gary, and the bandwidth between them is limiting the speed. Without a major overhaul of the chips, is there another way but duplicating the Paula's floppy functions into Gary (using MiniMig code) to remove that bandwidth limitation?
I have no idea what this would do on the software side of things.
But if we want to use more readilyl available equipment (as well as twice as fast) then regular PC type floppy drives should be on that list.
Can this be done without messing with compatibility?