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Re: Recode to Play MP3?
On May 23, 3:23 pm, mdj <mdj....@gmail.com> wrote:
>Since the Zips cache is write-
> through, it seems like an oversight that they didn't simply flag the
> cache lines as invalid when DMA was activated.
Probably that's because it's not so easy to tell from the 6502 socket
that the /DMA line is being pulled low.
> In the case of the Transwarp I, it actually *is* a DMA peripheral.
But the DMA daisy chain supossedly serves the purpose of arbitrating
peripheral cards' DMA requests...
Isn't the transwarp I a well-behaved DMAer, then ?
Or is it that the DMA daisy chain mechanism fails short in
accomplishing it's intended purpose ?
--Jorge.