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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
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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.

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