1st stage loader for IMSAI - need ascii to binary

Patrick Finnegan pat at computer-refuge.org
Thu Feb 28 08:56:29 CST 2008


On Thursday 28 February 2008 04:38, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> > "Streaming" tends to imply no disk cache copy, more like listening
> > to a radio station...
>
> What difference does it make where it's being buffered?  The behavior
> of the process in either case is identical.

If you're streaming, the buffer is usually just enough to filter out 
network timing issues, not downloading the entire content so that you 
can play/rewind/fast forward/etc.  Like I said, like listening to a 
radio station (perhaps I should add "on an old AM/FM radio":).

Pat
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