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Which direct memory access channel is used for the floppy controller?
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From http://www.brainbell.com/tutors/A+/Hardware/Direct_Memory_Access_DMA.htm "DMA channels use the same rules as IRQs. Just as with the 8259 chip, DMA availability soon became a problem because an insufficient number of channels was available. A second DMA chip was added for 286-based computers. Just like the second IRQ chip, these two are cascaded, allowing a total of eight DMA channel assignments (usually referred to simply as DMA channels). The floppy disk drives on all computers use DMA channel 2."
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False. It is considered as direct access storage devive
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By default, the IRQ for the floppy disk controller is IRQ 6.
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No. Zip drives cannot read floppy disks, and cannot be used on a traditional floppy controller.
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DMA or Direct Memory Access is the process of getting memory (RAM) without using the CPU. It is turned on based on the program you are running. It is used for things like making sounds while a game is running or for moving data from a floppy and hard drives into RAM. So the program you are running will determine if DMA is used, it does not matter if it is a floppy.
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the talented floppy guy are awesome flexibility
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