Re: High-End Pentium MB Recs wanted!

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From: Brent K. Presley
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 00:00

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vecna@umich.edu (Jim) wrote: 
>In article <3mqavb$3st@news.duke.edu> "Brent K. Presley" <bkp@acpub.duke.edu>   
writes: 
>>From: "Brent K. Presley" <bkp@acpub.duke.edu> 
>>Subject: Re: High-End Pentium MB Recs wanted! 
>>Date: 16 Apr 1995 05:46:19 GMT 
> 
>>BTW, the Triton chipset supports the new Mode 4 >528MB FAST    
>>ATA-2/EIDE Hard Drives with really nice Bus Mastering system    
>>that reduces the load on the CPU.  
> 
>So exactly what does this mean?  Does this mean that the EIDE HD controller 
>is a on-board bus mastering system or soemthing?  Please clarify, system 
>architecture is not one of my strongest points. 
 
Exactly, the EIDE HD controller is on the MB and supports bus mastering, which   
requires less intervention by the CPU.  Mode 4 is just a new EIDE standard   
which allows for higher data transfer rates. 
 
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From: "Brent K. Presley" <bkp@acpub.duke.edu>
Subject: Re: High-End Pentium MB Recs wanted!
Date: 1995/04/19
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