4.1bsd vs. Versatec V80
Dave Martindale
dmmartindale at watcgl.UUCP
Fri Sep 30 00:53:30 AEST 1983
The 4.1BSD driver for the Versatec DOES do DMA. It allocates the UBA in
the strategy routine and releases it there, rather than using the more
complex ubago/ubadone interface of the disk and tape drivers, but it
is definitely not character-by-character. Now, has anyone looked into
why it transfers data so slowly? It was something over 30 microseconds
per transfer last time I checked.
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