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Aucbvax.4613 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Thu Oct 22 19:10:26 1981 4bsd kmc/dz's?, who's 4bsding at btl? >From decvax!randvax!utah-cs!lepreau@Berkeley Thu Oct 22 18:34:00 1981 Andy, my source (very reliable) tells me there's practically no reason on earth to use kmc/dz's. We nearly exclusively use ABLE dh's (either their older DMAX - 8per board, or their new super-max dh/dm's with 16 on a board) on machines ranging from 11/45 thru 11/750 to Dec-2060, thus getting the same functionality as kmc/dz's (dma output). ABLE makes great stuff.... dz's all by themselves now cost as much as dh's, never mind the kmc and all that cost. There are only 2 situations where a kmc/dz might make sense: either your configuration is huge, so the cost differential isn't so bad (one kmc and lots of dz's), or you want to do your own fancy programming of the kmc, say on the input side. However, everything I've heard says that you'd have to be a masochist with lots of time to burn in order to tackle the kmc. Jay Lepreau lepreau@utah-20, decvax!randvax!utah-cs!lepreau

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