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From: asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: DMA Channels:  Where'd they go?
Summary: used to be 12, now is 9
Keywords: dma
Message-ID: <5593@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 22 Sep 90 15:35:18 GMT
Organization: Purdue University
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Okay, maybe I misunderstand something, or remember something wrong, so
just correct me if I'm wrong.

But didn't there used to be 12 DMA channels on the NeXT Cube???
Now there are only 9!  Only 8 on the slab.  What happened to those 3 DMA
channels?  Where'd they go?  Was something else done to make things work
better?  What's the deal?  I'd think increasing the number of DMA
channels would be what you would want to do, not decrease them.

-k