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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 17:03:38 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: biosdisk()
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On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Mark Habersack wrote:

> Most modern disk drives do not use DMA at all so it is not a problem.

Are you sure?  AFAIK, reading a floppy still involves DMA.  Or am I 
hopelessly outdated?

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