Re: Microdrive Controller and DMA

[mojoehand <mojoehand@gmail.com>]

On May 28, 3:38 pm, "Bill Garber" <willy4...@garberstreet.com> wrote:
> Here is a message from the creator of the Microdrive.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> The DMA option is a flag in the configuration block of
> an Apple II MicroDrive or Microdrive/Turbo configured
> storage device (Hard Disk or CF Card).
>
> This flag is intended to be always present because a
> user can easily switch between the two cards without
> re-configuring or re-partitioning his storage device.
>
> The DMA option is always there but is only evaluated if
> a MicroDrive/Turbo Card is handling the device. The flag
> can always be configured by the user and simply has no
> effect when a MicroDrive Card (non-Turbo) is used.

Thanks for the info, Bill. According to this, the manual is incorrect,
then.

Perhaps this additional information should be put in the manual by
whoever does that.