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- From: stever@netcom.com (Steve Riggins)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
- Subject: Re: Mac accelerators and A/UX 3.0
- Message-ID: <aymmx0d.stever@netcom.com>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 16:10:19 GMT
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- References: <1992Jul27.213533.4284@noao.edu> <5!mmv7#.stever@netcom.com> <1992Jul28.020627.10142@noao.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul28.020627.10142@noao.edu> tody@noao.edu writes:
- >> Except for the fact that no OS takes advantage of the DMA yet, and some apps
- >> do not work with the serial chips in faster mode. I think that one could
- >> spend the saved money on RAM (The ram is only used in some LaserWriters) on
- >> a SCSI-2 card and a SCSI-2 hard disk to get balzing speed.
- >>
- >> Steve
- >
- >This is not correct - you are right that MacOS running in native mode does
- >not use DMA (or so I hear), but A/UX does. MacOS running as a process
- >under A/UX should therefore use DMA too, indirectly, since the A/UX drivers
- >handle the disk i/o.
- >
- >Your conclusions are probably correct for native MacOS, but if the system
- >is to be used for A/UX the situation is different.
- >
- >Doug Tody National Optical Astronomy Observatories
- >tody@noao.edu P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, Arizona, 85726
-
- If you are correct, then I <blush>
-
- The best speed I've seen is wirh a Loviel RAID level 5 subsystem. Sure, it is $35,000, but was it fast!
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- Can anyone run tests for us to see if the DMA on a IIfx really helps any at all?
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