From: kxn3796@hertz.njit.edu (Ken Nakata CIS stnt)
Subject: Re: difference between VLB and ISA/EISA
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In article <734874577snx@finbol.toppoint.de> jschief@finbol.toppoint.de (Joerg Schlaeger) writes:
>[......]
>Better OSs (OS/2 & iX) are able to handle more than 16MB of DRAM,
>if you use EISA-Bus.
>Has someone experience with VLB ??
>I think of SCSI-VLB-Busmaster. The problem is the 16bit Floppy DMA
>controller, which is unable to reach more than 16MB.

I don't think FD is a problem.  Since FD is much sloooooooowwwwwwer
than HD, the overhead of double buffering doesn't matter.

Ken Nakata
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