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- From: johne@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (John Eaton)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Disk drive fails when pc card plugged, why?
- Message-ID: <BxM7z6.1LD@vcd.hp.com>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 18:13:54 GMT
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- Vincent Wass (vwass@sdcc13.ucsd.edu) wrote:
- : I am having trouble with a computer interface project. I'm trying
- : to decode addresses on the bus for my own plug-in wire-wrap card.
- :
- : My only problem seems to be that while the card is plugged
- : in, both of my disk drives (5 1/4, and 3 1/2) have some sort of
- : problem copying files to my hard drive. When I type chkdsk at the
- :
- :
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- The Pc Bus has a signal called <something like> CPUAEN that tells you if
- it is a CPU cycle or a DMA cycle. All IO devices must include this signal
- in their decoding and not respond unless it is a CPU cycle.
-
- Whats happening is that the system is doing a disk read into memory that
- has the same address as your IO card. Your card sees the proper address
- and the IORead strobe intended for the disk controller and promptly
- blows away the data on the data buss.
-
- John Eaton
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