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From: Tony Kimball <alk@Think.COM>
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Subject: bounce buffers
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Under what circumstances are bounce buffers indicated?
Are they not indicated in all systems using >16MB DRAM?
My impression was that all such systems would require
bounce buffers in order to support DMA generally, while
no other systems would require bounce buffers.