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From: pnl@hpfinote.HP.COM (Peter Lim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 8-bit v. 16-bit cards
Message-ID: <36690018@hpfinote.HP.COM>
Date: 20 Sep 90 18:47:07 GMT
References: <13728@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Organization: Hewlett Packard CICD
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> NEVER even try to put an 8-bit hard-disk controller to a machine w
> 16-bit bus. I don't know whether or not it actually destroys something,
> but definitely it won't work.
> 
Ignore this unless you have a real lame motherboard which don't use
the standard AT bus and force 16-bit operation on anything. Such best,
to the best of my knowledge, doesn't exist.

The AT bus is designed so that a 16 bit card will tell the motherboard
that it is 16 bit. Otherwise, operation is 8 bit. So, everything should
work fine.

Of course, standard disclaimer applies  :-).


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