Xref: utzoo comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d:651 comp.sys.ibm.pc:17906 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!yale!husc6!spdcc!eli From: eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Using the DMA Controller in PCs and ATs. Keywords: Intel 8237 DMA controller Message-ID: <1626@spdcc.COM> Date: 9 Aug 88 15:09:31 GMT References: <2988@nicmad.UUCP> <6240@chinet.chi.il.us> <8159@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <8166@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Reply-To: eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) Organization: yes Lines: 4 beware: 8237s manufactured by AMD under license from Intel have problems. chips marked with a date code "82" or "83" are likely to be bad. the problem only shows up when the PC tries to use more than one DMA channel at a time.