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From: campbell@Thalatta.COM (Bill Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: 80386 cache and VGA
Message-ID: <4311@thebes.Thalatta.COM>
Date: 31 May 90 00:07:47 GMT
References: <8343@cognos.UUCP> <49@altos86.Altos.COM> <8415@cognos.UUCP>
Reply-To: campbell@Thalatta.COM (Bill Campbell)
Organization: Thalatta Corporation, Bellevue WA
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In article <8415@cognos.UUCP> dbullis@cognos.UUCP (Dave Bullis) writes:
:>In article <8343@cognos.UUCP> dbullis@cognos.UUCP (Dave Bullis) writes:
:>>I was told by one the local clone dealers that there are problems
:>>with mixing 80386 25MHz cache systems and VGA cards.
:>> ...
:>
:>I talked to the dealer again for more details:  He says that some 8-bit
:>VGA cards caused the system to hang when booting.  16-bit cards are ok.
:>
I had exactly the opposite problem with a 33Mhz NIC Motherboard,
32K cache.  It wouldn't writefloppy disks properly when using a
16-bit Paradise board, but running with the board in an 8-bit
slot or substituting an 8-bit board cured the problem.  This
problem has also been reported on the HP-Vectra.  The article on
the Vectra implied that the problem was with any O/S running in
the 386 protected mode.

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