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 ;----------------------------------------------------;
 ; FdcSendByteReady   ;floppy control  sendbyte ready ;
 ;----------------------------------------------------;

FdcSendByteReady:
        push  eax
        push  edx
        mov   [Timer],30 	                        ; 20 = about 1 second,we use (1.5 seconds).
        mov   [TimerOn],1                               ; start couting.
FdcSendByteReadyLoop:
        mov   al,[TimerOn]                              ; we test if
	or    al,al                                     ; timeout is up yet?.
        jz    FdcSendByteReadyError                     ; if it is we exit,with error.
        mov   dx,MsReg                                  ; check status reg
        in    al,dx
        and   al,11000000b
        cmp   al,10000000b                              ; are we ok to write
        jnz   FdcSendByteReadyLoop                      ; if not do another loop.
        pop   edx
        pop   eax
        clc                                             ; we end here if we write:-)
	ret

FdcSendByteReadyError:                                  ; we end up here if we run out of time:-(.
        pop   edx
        pop   eax
        stc
        ret