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- Path: sparky!uunet!decwrl!access.usask.ca!regina!udevdiv!roe
- From: roe@Unibase.SK.CA (Roe Peterson)
- Subject: Re: Anyone heard of the BocaBoard?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug23.061838.16176@Unibase.SK.CA>
- Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
- References: <2A95BEE8.5424@telly.on.ca> <1992Aug22.230959.9649@Unibase.SK.CA>
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 06:18:38 GMT
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- roe@Unibase.SK.CA (Roe Peterson) writes:
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- Watch, now, as I follow up my own follow-up:
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- >evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) writes:
- >>I/O addresses are assigned in blocks of 0x40 10-bit addresses based
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- >At first glance, I would say not. 64 I/O addresses for 8 ports would
- >appear to be double the number required for a simple "lets' put
- >8 16550's in a row".
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- Open mouth. Insert foot. Proceed to multiply 8 and 8 and get 32.
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- Sorry, folks, I'm normally more competent than this. 64 I/O addresses
- is _precisely_ whats' required.
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- Evan: can you send me vendor info? We'll order one instantly and
- I'll check it out. Thanks.
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