Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!bader+ From: bader+@andrew.cmu.edu (Miles Bader) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: GVP - The company that lies about shipping... Message-ID: Date: 30 Mar 89 22:39:53 GMT References: <8249@xanth.cs.odu.edu> <321@mohawk.cs.utexas.edu>, <4397@enea.se> Organization: Information Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: <4397@enea.se> tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson) writes: > 5MB memory (2meg 32-bit on the A2620). The GVP doesn't DMA which slows > things down, A2090A does DMA which slows things down... (if You have > several bit-planes and overscan). Any GOOD solution? I am thinking of > a auto-boot controller and a 80-110 MB harddisk. I don't know of any cure-all solution, but to a large extent, it depends on how you use your system. I, for instance, normally use my amiga for things which don't require many bitplanes, so I bought a 2090a (and get the high-speed dma transfer rate). However, if you spend all of your time doing graphics work with lots of bitplanes, you might want to go for a non-dma controller, as that will work best for you most the time (although it may be slower than a dma card on the workbench screen). -Miles