Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cbmvax!cbmehq!babylon!rbabel From: rbabel@babylon.rmt.sub.org (Ralph Babel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: GVP series II controller non-DMA? Message-ID: <07691.AA07691@babylon.rmt.sub.org> Date: 7 May 91 00:56:02 GMT References: Reply-To: cbmvax.commodore.com!cbmehq!babylon!rbabel (Ralph Babel) Lines: 14 In article , c506634@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Eric Edwards) writes: > Now, does anyone know if the claimed "dual ported" ram on > the Series II 0/8 is also a deception? I didn't know that > made dual-ported simms..... "dual port" probably refers to the direct link between SCSI and on-board RAM. This way, DMA to on-board RAM doesn't have to go through the Zorro bus, i.e. no bus arbitration is required and the Zorro bus remains available for other bus masters. Ralph