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Using Claude Code to modernize a 25-year-old kernel driver

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925 points dmitrybrant | 4 comments | 07 Sep 25 23:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.811s | source
1. punnerud ◴[08 Sep 25 04:39 UTC] No.45164673[source]▶
What was the new speed after the upgrade?
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2. qayxc ◴[08 Sep 25 05:25 UTC] No.45164876[source]▶
Since it's the still the same driver addressing the same hardware it should be identical.
3. Cthulhu_ ◴[08 Sep 25 08:54 UTC] No.45166041[source]▶
...it's a tape drive, they have mechanically fixed speeds. Why do you ask?
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4. punnerud ◴[08 Sep 25 19:34 UTC] No.45172837[source]▶
He wrote “The tradeoff, of course, is that the data rate is limited by the speed of the floppy controller,”. Implying it could be faster by switching the controller. I guess tape drives could in theory have way way faster transfer speeds, as other tape drives does.