Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf.edu!root From: root@cca.ucsf.edu (Systems Staff) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: DMA Discussion Summary: On the contrary, this is just the place for it. Keywords: DMA comp.arch disks Message-ID: <2437@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> Date: 30 Sep 89 01:54:01 GMT References: <24550@louie.udel.EDU> <636@targon.UUCP> Organization: Computer Center, UCSF Lines: 32 In article <636@targon.UUCP>, gert@targon.UUCP (Gert Kanis) writes: > >Actually the discussion about DMA for PCs ... > > May well be, but *why* does it happen to be in comp.os.minix ?? > Do us (and yourselves) a favour and continue in comp.arch (architectures). > There you will reach the "right" audience and get more information out of > it. > AND comp.os.minix will have little better signal/noise ratio :=) This is just the _right_ place for this discussion. The comp.os.minix newsgroup is the only forum I have seen on Usenet where there is open discussion among people actually _writing_ device drivers and similar code for the PC. This sort of discussion is very important to them, to anyone who wants to learn about these issues, and to anyone who wants to make use of the code they are generating. The latter class includes all Minix users. Yes, I know about alt.msdos.programmer but the alt groups don't get general distribution. Thos Sumner Internet: thos@cca.ucsf.edu (The I.G.) UUCP: ...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf!thos BITNET: thos@ucsfcca U.S. Mail: Thos Sumner, Computer Center, Rm U-76, UCSF San Francisco, CA 94143-0704 USA I hear nothing in life is certain but death and taxes -- and they're working on death. #include