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From: dhiman@motcid.UUCP (Ravinder Dhiman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: DMA references
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Date: 15 Mar 91 13:05:46 GMT
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fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz) writes:


>	Greetings. I am looking for books/references on how to design
>	and interface a custom system to an IBM and use DMA. I can't
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>	P.S. Reference to code (listings) on DMA would also be
>	appreciated.
[...]

The material I found useful for my senior design project was the following
set of book:

	1.) Handbook of Software and Hardware Design for IBM PCs
	(I'm doing this from memory; that is almost exactly the
	right title) by Jeffery P. Royer (I'm sure about this);
	published by Prentice Hall.  It is a small green paperback
	book; some neat information, some of the hardware stuff was
	pretty basic -- the author used basic logic circuits for address
	decoding instead of more integrated chips.  Recommended.

	2.) Interfacing Sensors to the (IBM ?) PC.  Sorry, don't
	remember the authors.  I think this one is also Prentice Hall.
	See if you can find this book through youre library system; this
	book is hardcover and expensive.

	3.) Probably the best source of information is Intel's own
	set of books -- The programmer's reference (?), hardware 
	reference, etc.  I wish I could recall the name of the Intel book 
	we used, but It had several (very useful) pages on the 8237 DMA 
	chip used in PCs.
	One of your Engineering College labs (hardware, senior design,...)
	should have these books.  If not, try contacting a local Intel
	rep and/or distributor.  Your advisor may also be able to aquire
	the books you need.

Hope this helps.

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Ravinder Dhiman
Motorola, Inc. Cellular Infrastructure Group
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