[Feature Request] Delay HDD seekTime

[Zilog]

Hi Tony,
i think that i just ask this problem, but now i suggest a simple solution.
Do you think that it possible add delay time for operation read and write to hdd for emulation seek time of rpm hdd (no sdd).

Simple Code for example:

delay=0;
if (delay=25) than
write();
delay=0;
else
delay=delay+1;

Nothing of perfectly exact ,but only for have a effect of rpm hdd.
I know there are a cache but if use old rpm hdd or sdd in the itself Pc, Winaue go different.

Thanks a lot.

[Toni Wilen]

It is not possible to match some IDE or SCSI drives, it would be always very very approximate. (IDE or SCSI drives don't have user visible geometry, reported geometry is virtual and also number of sectors/track change depending on rw head position)

It would be possible with MFM drives but that would be even more useless

So instead of trying to model access time, something very simple like two parameters: first is number of blocks that are located in same "virtual" cylinder, if old block/value != new block/value -> add delay (second parameter)

But HD controller emulation isn't designed for delays, any easily added delay would slow down whole emulator.. (just like your example )

[Galahad/FLT]

I wrote a util for Earok that loaded through CLI, put in a delay for loading of files from CD which helped fix some titles for CD32.

Might that be useful?

[Zilog]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

It is not possible to match some IDE or
.......

But HD controller emulation isn't designed for delays, any easily added delay would slow down whole emulator.. (just like your example )

i' thinked this problem, with my sample i don't block the emualtor with delay, i jump a cycle of write or read for determinate time; with delay the emulator wait, with my sample jump read or write....it isn't different?