A DMA interface between a Biomation 8100 and an Intel MDS-800 microcomputer development system

An interface is described which permits high-speed data transfer between a Biomation 8100 transient recorder and an Intel MDS-800 microcomputer system equipped with an MDS-501 DMA (direct memory access) channel controller. The interface is especially useful for data acquisition situations in which many successive traces must be recorded. For example, signal averaging can be performed within the microcomputer system.