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- From: afdenis@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (Stephen Dennison)
- Subject: Re: Hard drive question,please read and reply
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- In article <1993Jan1.000036.1130@fcom.cc.utah.edu>, jeff@anthro.utah.edu (Jeff Thomas) writes...
- >Your 8-bit WD controller should work in an AT.
-
- If it's an XT specific controller, isn't there some duplication of the AT's
- CMOS BIOS table function ? Didn't the XT controller have some of the functions
- in a built-in bios chip while the AT controller relied on the AT's own ROM
- Bios for these routines and disk mapping and such ?
-
- >Just because some card is
- >only an 8-bitter doesn't mean that it won't work in an AT. The ATs were
- >designed to take all 8- and 16-bit cards designed for the ISA bus.
-
- Granted, but it *still* has to be an AT compatible controller, doesn't it ?
-
- -- Stephen
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- {Experimental .sig # 30245/T}
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- Humans --
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- Beings stupid enough to create their own monsters, and then
- curse their luck when they run into them.
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