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Re: Classic IDE DMA possible?
« on: November 20, 2006, 10:32:31 AM »
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Piru wrote:
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to me it looks like there is the ability to do DMA access of up to 50 MB/s non burst.

Unfortunately ZIII can't come even close to that theoretical maximum.


Surely speed alone is not the only motivation. Even if it managed 10MB/s, provided the CPU usage was nice and low, it would be worth it.
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