Re: How to test if your memory card is DMA compatible?

[Greg Buchner <null@none.invalid>]

In article <EpOdnbD59YpHFPTbnZ2dnUVZ_riknZ2d@comcast.com>,
 "Henry" <apl2research(.a.t.)comcast.net> wrote:

> From what I can tell, and the IIgs Hardware Reference isn't that specific, 
> the FPI controller on the IIgs Motherboard is the issues with 8 Megs and 
> DMA.  It seems that when Apple designed the FPI they really never accounted 
> for more then 4 Megs of RAM.  Why they would 'cripple' the IIgs like this I 
> have no idea.  It really seems like a bad design.  Maybe someone can shed 
> some more light on this for me?

99.99% certainty that it was because the Mac Plus could only do 4MB.

Greg B.

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