Is it true that I will never be able to run the DMA version on my Cyrix
6x86 166. Sierra sent me an email saying that the Cyrix chip doesn't
support DMA bus-mastering(or something like that). What is the deal?
Thanks.
: Is it true that I will never be able to run the DMA version on my Cyrix
: 6x86 166. Sierra sent me an email saying that the Cyrix chip doesn't
: support DMA bus-mastering(or something like that). What is the deal?
: Thanks.
I'm not expert, though I play one on usenet. Sounds like Sierra tech
doesn't know what they talk of. First it's not the CPU which handles
DMA bus-mastering, but the supporting chipset. It will depend on your
motherboard. Now some of the earlier ports to Rendition did have
trouble with the Cyrix chip. There is a patch available for ICR2 and
the Cyrix.
Then again I could be wrong & if so will gladly step aside and let a
real expert clear this up...
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