Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!rutgers!ucsd!usc!apple!excelan!sjsumcs!33014-18 From: 33014-18@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Eduardo Horvath) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Hard disks, DMA vs Non-DMA Message-ID: <1989Nov16.185706.29328@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu> Date: 16 Nov 89 18:57:06 GMT References: <8911150430.AA24506@jade.berkeley.edu> <127914@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Reply-To: 33014-18@sjsumcs.SJSU.EDU (Eduardo Horvath) Organization: San Jose State University Lines: 15 Can you DMA directly into FAST RAM, or is it necessary to go through CHIP RAM? If a controller DMA'd into FAST RAM, wouldn't that solve the problem of contention with the custom chips? =============================================================================== //x = /// \ Try: 33014-18@sjsumcs.SJSU.EDU = Early to bet /// \ = And early to raise /// \ Eduardo Horvath = Makes a man poor \\\ ///=======\ = In a gamling craze! \\\/// \ = -me \xxx \miga. The computer for the corruptive mind. ===============================================================================