Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!amdcad!phil From: phil@amdcad.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: IBM PC/AT DMA loses (was Re: PC LAN Comparison) Message-ID: <19338@amdcad.AMD.COM> Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 21:16:40 EST Article-I.D.: amdcad.19338 Posted: Wed Nov 25 21:16:40 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 06:46:47 EST References: <2070@killer.UUCP> <1020@kodak.UUCP> <155@tic.UUCP> <261@kaos.UUCP> <1560@cup.portal.com> <162@tic.UUCP> Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Organization: Advanced Micro Devices Lines: 16 Xref: utgpu comp.dcom.lans:866 comp.sys.ibm.pc:9010 In article <162@tic.UUCP> ruiu@tic.UUCP (Dragos Ruiu) writes: >An aquaintance who is designing a major PC based hardware project has chosen >to use double-ported memory. Truett Smith has already suggested this as the >solution. > >So, in light of the dropping cost of such devices, they are the preferred way >to go. Right ? Many dual ported systems are not made of dual ported memory devices. Certainly none of mine are. It's hard to get 2 megabytes of dual ported memory using dinky 2 kilobyte devices. -- I speak for myself, not the company. Phil Ngai, {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!phil or amdcad!phil@decwrl.dec.com