From: jschief@finbol.toppoint.de (Joerg Schlaeger)
Subject: Re: 16Mb ISA limit
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rpao@mts.mivj.ca.us writes in article <C5J6zn.681@mts.mivj.ca.us>:
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> marka@SSD.CSD.HARRIS.COM (Mark Ashley) writes:
> 
> >Then the writer claims that glitches can
> >occur in systems with over 16Mb because 
> >of that limit. That part I don't understand
> >because the RAM is right on the motherboard.
> >So the cpu should have no problems talking
> >with the RAM. Can anybody explain this ?
The floppy is served by DMA on the motherboard,
and original DMA-controller can't reach more than the first
16MB (The address-space of the ISA-bus)
joerg
