Re: 16MHz board -- fast CPU, slow memory?

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From: Smee
Date: Thu, 19 May 1988 11:04

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By the way, to anticipate the obvious next question, when the DMA is active,
it steals memory cycles from the CPU (68000).  The operant principle (as I
keep saying) is 'the Video Shifter *ALWAYS* wins'.

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Subject: Re: 16MHz board -- fast CPU, slow memory?
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