> > all that RME is referring to here are 2 things:
> >
> > a) direct monitoring without CPU involvement
> > - well yeah, except that even consumer analog
> > cards do that
> >
> > b) the card is a DMA busmaster, and so the CPU doesn't
> > need to be involved in transferring data to the
> > card, it just stuffs it into host-side RAM
> > - well yeah, except that almost every other
> > PCI card on the planet *except* RME's
> > earlier designs do this too. this is
> > really just an apology for the incredibly
> > stupid design of the digi96 series, which
> > require active participation by the host
> > CPU to move data to the card.
> >
> > --p
> >
> >
> >
>
> That explains why this was cheaper at the time (over a year ago)
> I thought I would get this as:
you should try to clarify what you mean by "this" in the last 2
sentences.
> 1 It was supported
> 2 I could add more cards as the system grew
> 3 The website seemed to infer Linux Support
all 3 are true for the digi96 series, the digi96XX series and the HDSP
series. the digi96 is not recommended, however.
--p
Received on Fri Dec 16 00:15:05 2005
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