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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:53040 comp.os.386bsd.development:1060 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!convex!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!pipex!sunic!isgate!veda.is!adam From: adam@veda.is (Adam David) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: More annoyance on the DMA problem Keywords: DMA i8237 8254 Message-ID: <CBrM0F.5Fv@veda.is> Date: 14 Aug 93 19:55:12 GMT References: <jmonroyCBoq14.Kz0@netcom.com> <CBqAHw.Cry@news.cs.andrews.edu> Organization: Veda Systems, Iceland Lines: 28 gillham@isengard.cs.andrews.edu (Andrew Gillham) writes: >Why the hell do I care if my floppy disk drive is 100% optimized >as long as it can read the stupid disks? I personally have ZERO >interest in using floppies for *ANYTHING* except the bare minimum >necessary to boot my stinkin' PC! What about transferring to DOS floppies for exchange of files between (unconnected) machines? It is not necessarily true that another machine with floppies is on the same network. >What's wrong with a SCSI tape >drive? These floppy attached ones are nothing but trouble! >They may be great in the single-tasking DOS world, but seem like >a real pain in the multi-tasking world. Buy a stinkin' SCSI >tape drive if you're *serious* about backing up your machine! By the same token, why bother supporting serial ports or parallel ports or anything that can be hung off a SCSI controller? You don't need a floppy controller if you have a SCSI-based floppy drive or floptical, and you don't need the serial/parallel card if you have a SCSI-based serial/parallel multiplexer unit. For that matter, it is also possible to get SCSI-based ethernet interfaces. Insert smileys as necessary. -- adam@veda.is