[rescue] Macs & IDE vs. SCSI

[Dave McGuire]

On Saturday, April 12, 2003, at 03:39 PM, Patrick Giagnocavo 
+1.717.201.3366 wrote:
> I may have time to do a longer reply later, but for now, I will just
> say that the only point I was trying to make is the oft-repeated myth
> that IDE = huge CPU utilization is just that, a myth.

   For actual data transfers, you are absolutely correct.  But the bus 
transactions required to set up those transactions are still highly 
CPU-centric.  Admittedly this is nowhere near as bad as it could be, 
and I don't mean to suggest that it's a major issue.

> Everything else you bring up I agree with.
>
> On a related note, did you ever finish that FCAL t-card design you
> were working on?  I would love to get sharp on FCAL.

   Nope, but I'll be working on it again in another week or so.  I had 
been hoping for a bit of a reprieve from the QYX project a month or so 
ago, but it's finally coming next week...it's finally going into 
classrooms.  I'll have a bit of a break before the bug reports and 
feedback start rolling in.

          -Dave

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