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From: vishin@helios.cs.duke.edu (Sanjay Vishin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Flyback cycle
Keywords: DMA, Cycle stealing.
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Date: 8 Feb 89 02:26:33 GMT
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 Can somebody tell me what exactly a "Flyback Cycle" is ?

 All I know is that it has to do with an I/O device (controller) doing a
 DMA on its own rather than going though a DMA controller or am I wrong !??

 Thanks

 vishin@simon.mcnc.org
 vishin@cs.duke.edu