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From: rbabel@babylon.rmt.sub.org (Ralph Babel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Xetec FastTrak controllers (Opinions?)
Message-ID: <07179.AA07179@babylon.rmt.sub.org>
Date: 4 Apr 91 04:07:40 GMT
References: <5318@mindlink.UUCP> <1991Mar30.163638.2661@javelin.es.com>
Reply-To: cbmvax.commodore.com!cbmehq!babylon!rbabel (Ralph Babel)
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In article <1991Mar30.163638.2661@javelin.es.com>,
blgardne@javelin.es.com (Blaine Gardner) writes:

> The Hardframe and the A2091 and (I think) the GVP Series
> II controllers are all genuine DMA controllers.

Yup, Series II is real DMA.

> They are capable of higher speeds than CPU driven
> controllers like the Xetec, and do not have to cripple the
> system to get high transfer rates.

True.

Ralph