Re: zipGS 2.0 ???

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com>]

"Christopher G. Mason" <cgm1@my-deja.com> wrote in message 
news:ikuq7s$gf3$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> On 3/1/2011 8:53 AM, Greg Buchner wrote:
>> If I recall the discussions of the time correctly, I think that it
>> didn't make it to market because of power issues.
>>
>> And with ads planned several months in advance, they probably thought
>> they could get it out in time, but didn't.
>>
>> Greg B.
>>
>
> Wasn't one of the problems related to DMA access? I remember reading 
> something about the chip solution not being able to do DMA since it didn't 
> have access to the signals present at the slots.

The GSX doesn't really have access to the signals at the slot either. It 
only
uses the slot for power. You can actually remove the card from the slot
and still run with the cable only plugged into the CPU socket.

Bill