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On Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:34:11 -0800, tisol wrote:
>Yes to PC mag's winstone
>NO the CD Does NOT effect the results...
>But you interface might ;-{
>The parallel port solution if "polled" will consume
>cycles even if not being used .
Aren't there options to not allow it to poll, but be strictly interuppt
driven?
>I think that version of the Backback supports EPP if not ECP so it
>should be OK.
>Note EPP is interrupt driven. ECP simply adds a DMA channel.
>...peter..
>
So, if ECP has a DMA channel, than wouldn't that sort of be better
in a ways because DMA allows direct access to a device, rather than
through the CPI (if my memory serves me right)?
>I can send you Winstone 98 on NOV 18 'ish from VEGAS.
>OK everyone throw in a quarter ;-}
>
>PS this is a while ago but AMD's FPU was very similar to Intels.
Paul