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From: ericmcg@pro-generic.cts.com (Eric Mcgillicuddy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: 10 mhz chips
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Date: 1 Dec 89 07:07:33 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from nicholaA@batman.moravian.EDU

Why not have the initialization ROMS in new cards set the slot speed
themselves? Old cards wouldn't do this and if the default were slow then
compatbility would remain. I suppose if the card were to initialize to fast
and then be pulled and replaced by a slow card things would be bad, in more
ways than one. Control Panel option could be set (similar to the Zip Chip
initialization), but not put into battery backed RAM for the aforementioned
reason.