Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!decwrl!shelby!polya!rokicki From: rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Which SCSI interface??? Message-ID: <11090@polya.Stanford.EDU> Date: 3 Aug 89 21:26:04 GMT References: <10467@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Sender: Tomas G. Rokicki Organization: Stanford University Lines: 11 rademach@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Simon Rademacher) writes: > Xetec controller . . . I would suspect its DMA . . . I would suspect its DMA too, especially with reports I've heard about `being careful not to multitask when downloading to the hard disk' when using this controller. (I'm sure Simon meant to say ``I would suspect it's DMA'' . . .) There are a lot of good controllers out there, but I'm not positive the Xetec is one of them at this point in the game. -tom