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From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen)
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Subject: Re: TOS version 1.6 question
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Date: 2 Mar 91 07:38:33 GMT
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baffoni@aludra.usc.edu (Juxtaposer) writes:

-         So what _was_ the problem - was it the DMA chip? Or something 
- completely different...?
 
I heard the problem was with the DMA chip, and that the 'DMA chain' 
wasn't strong enough to handle hard drives.

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         Ed Krimen  ...............................................
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