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From: terry@tah386.manhattan.ks.us (Terry Hull)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Acceptable Unix Configuration?
Message-ID: <555@tah386.manhattan.ks.us>
Date: 26 Aug 89 01:48:02 GMT
References: <459@telesoft.telesoft.com> <6700020@adaptex>
Reply-To: terry@tah386.manhattan.ks.us (Terry Hull)
Organization: Kansas State University, Manhattan
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In article <6700020@adaptex> neese@adaptex.UUCP writes:
>
>OOPS, I forgot,....you will have problems with the video adapter as it
>takes up all of the BIOS area.  This leaves no room for the Adaptec BIOS
>thus not allowing you to boot.
>

I have a Video 7 VRAM card and would like to use the Adaptek SCSI
controller in my system.  Normally, the card is used in 16-bit BIOS
mode and takes up the address space from C000 - DFFF, but you can
switch the card to 8-bit BIOS mode and it will only take up the space
from C000 - C7FF.  Would using the 8-bit mode allow enough room for
the Adaptek BIOS so that I could boot the system?  


-- 
Terry Hull 
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University
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