Really Fast Data Transfer Question

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From: Pooch
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 21:02

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Easy Question --- Difficult answer.

  I need to transfer 8-bit data to an IBM pc clone (80386) at 8 MegaBytes/sec
for two sustained seconds.  I have no fear of creating my own custom interface
board, but I was wondering if anyone had thoughts.

  Things to consider:

  SCSI-2  I don't know if it will work, and I can't seem to get specs

  DMA     Would be the best answer, but can the 80386 deal with two seconds
          of DMA time?

  Custom 16Megabyte FIFO
          Really Expensive, but a possibility.


Please offer suggestions to mdsp_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu

Thanks in advance.

Marc

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