How did MS-DOS decide on two seconds to keep the floppy disk cache valid?

Re:How did MS-DOS decide on two seconds to keep the floppy d... by skykooler on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @05:07PM (#21064647)

Doing it F1 style, you'd have one person take out the first floppy while a second person inserts the second floppy.

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Re:How did MS-DOS decide on two seconds to keep the floppy d... by zeeZ on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @05:14PM (#21064711)

You need a third person to push the button that ejects the floppy.

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Re:How did MS-DOS decide on two seconds to keep the floppy d... by pmccarren on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @05:23PM (#21064773)

And you'd need a fourth person to push the floppy in.

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Re:How did MS-DOS decide on two seconds to keep the floppy d... by hdfbdtbcdg on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @05:22PM (#21064769)

And a fourth playing the game.

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