Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!b-tech!zeeff From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: DMA controller chip error Keywords: Fastback, DMA Message-ID: Date: 27 Nov 89 18:14:09 GMT References: <941@ac.dal.ca> <3686@orion.cf.uci.edu> Reply-To: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) Organization: Branch Technology, Ann Arbor, MI Lines: 14 In article <3686@orion.cf.uci.edu> mrichey@orion.oac.uci.edu (Mike Richey) writes: >What's nice about fastback is that it utilizes two DMA channels to transfer >data. One channel to read from the hard disk, and a second to write to the >floppy. When the hard disk and diskette drive leds are lit, it's not just Not on an AT. The AT just doesn't have the hardware needed to do dma from the hard disk. -- Jon Zeeff Branch Technology