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  1. Xref: sparky comp.os.os2.misc:36392 comp.sys.amiga.advocacy:29059
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  3. From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
  5. Subject: Re: Does VESA Local Bus put a huge strain on a CPU?
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov13.162601.9517@njitgw.njit.edu>
  7. Date: 13 Nov 92 16:26:01 GMT
  8. References: <mortenk.70.721604928@dhhalden.no>
  9. Sender: news@njit.edu
  10. Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
  11. Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.
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  15. In article <mortenk.70.721604928@dhhalden.no> mortenk@dhhalden.no (MORTEN KNUDSEN) writes:
  16. >Why is the 7 MHz bus in the Amiga less of a bottleneck than the 8 MHz ISA
  17. >bus?
  18.  
  19. Because the Amiga has all of its graphics and sound circuits hardwired
  20. to the processor on the mother board instead of on a card on the bus.
  21. The Amiga's bus is only used for disk drives and user-add-ons.
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  25.   |)  David Charlap          | .signature confiscated by FBI due to
  26.  /|_  dic5340@hertz.njit.edu | an ongoing investigation into the
  27. ((|,)                        | source of these .signature virusses
  28.  ~|~
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