From: utzoo!decvax!cca!dove@mit-dspg@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Title: properly designed peripherals Article-I.D.: sri-unix.2301 Posted: Wed Jul 28 20:34:12 1982 Received: Thu Jul 29 06:02:37 1982 Date: 26 Jun 1982 14:37:07-EDT In the line of Dave Yost's comments about terminals interfaces, for one thing I agree that they should have a built in timer. However, the idea of a 1k fifo for each channel extends to many other devices. In particular, it has always bugged the s&*# out of me that I can't find an atod/dtoa system that worked that way. It would be so much easier than futsing with dma channels and such. We have implemented something locally out of an 11/10 and unibus window that works more or less in this way, but I'd sure like to find a cheap fast one on the market!