The 8089 shares the system bus and memory with the host CPU in
A. tightly coupled configuration
B. loosely coupled configuration
C. tightly and loosely coupled configurations
D. none of the mentioned
Answer:A
The 8089 shares the system bus and memory with the host CPU in
A. tightly coupled configuration B. loosely coupled configuration C. tightly and loosely coupled configurations D. none of the mentioned
Explanation: In a tightly coupled configuration, the 8089 shares the system bus and memory with the host CPU using its RQ (active low) or GT (active low) pins.