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From: pers@ifi.uio.no (Per Siljubergs}sen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Direct Memory Access
Message-ID: <1991Mar20.154348.23356@ifi.uio.no>
Date: 20 Mar 91 15:43:48 GMT
References: <1991Mar13.013042.11048@engin.umich.edu> <1991Mar15.174922.11594@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1991Mar19.220229.12446@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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In article <1991Mar19.220229.12446@leland.Stanford.EDU> calvin@portia.stanford.edu (Peter Chang) writes:

>>Well, the IIfx has loads of DMA goodies. Software support of them isn't here,
>>but I am sure that will be fixed quite quickly as soon as they get sys 7 out
>>the door.
>
>	Does anybody know if this is indeed true? Not that it
>really matters since my mac does not have any DMA )-;
>
>
>Peter

You're right, Peter. System 7.0 does not support the IIfx's DMA.
We have to wait for future releases of System software. If I
remember right, A/UX has some support for it.

It would be nice if someone could give some indications of Apple's
future plans for DMA.


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pers@ifi.uio.no