> > Why is it that the IIfx is not on the "working models" list?
> > 
> > What makes it so different from the IIcx or IIvx, or has just no one gotten
> > their hands on an fx to try it out?
> 
> The IIfx has what's known as the SCSI DMA chip, which is different than
> any other SCSI controller that Apple has used.

Actually, the "SCSI DMA" chip is an NCR 5380, like in the other '030
macs (and the Blackbird powerbooks, I believe).  It has the addition
of a DMA interface, though, which no other macs have to the 5380.  It
may still be possible to use PDMA with it, and should be possible to use
programmed I/O.

-allen

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              Allen Briggs - end killing - briggs@macbsd.com