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Re: SCSI CD-R and ATAPI CD-ROM - Bus Mastering
From:
Kenneth Alan Boyd Ramsay <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 6 Dec 1998 03:04:56 -0500
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I'm new to this, so I did a little research.  Referring to Novell's CNE
Study Guide (ISBN 0-7821-1502-0), p.815-817: "Bus Mastering allows cards
within the server to communicate directly with each other without
interrupting the CPU."  I gather that this is NOT available on 8/16-bit
ISA bus, but IS possible on 32-bit EISA, MCA, PCMCIA, VESA local bus, and
apparently PCI bus.  BIOS settings may determine whether a given system
permits it.

Boyd Ramsay

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