Author: The Paranoid (dialin-145-254-198-192.arcor-ip.net)
Date: 03-19-2004 17:51
Hmmm ...
As far as i can see, you cannot do memory-to-memory transfer using the DMA-chip. It is meant to move blocks of 512 Bytes each (one sector) from memory to disk (via FDC or ACSI) or from disk (FDC or ACSI) to memory, but not memory to memory.
Also, while the DMA-chip explicitely accesses the bus, the CPU can't and is forced to wait.
But if you can live with limited compatibility, the Blitter does just what you are looking for and also allows to do additional operations on the transferred data.
The Paranoid
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