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From: mussar@bcars53.uucp (G. Mussar)
Subject: Re: Computer slow since installation of SCSI drive
Message-ID: <1990Dec10.155221.23401@bigsur.uucp>
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Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
References: <4085@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 90 15:52:21 GMT

In article <4085@mindlink.UUCP> a516@mindlink.UUCP (Jordan Melville) writes:
>Is there a program/method that I can use to check if my card it using 8 or 16
>bit addressing? All I can get the ATI software to tell me is that the power-on
>configuration is set for 16 bits. Also, how could the SCSI card set it down to
>8 bits? It's a 16 bit card also.

I don't know how you can tell other than measure the difference in video
speed. You say that the SCSI is 16 bits. Does that include 2 8 bit ROMs or
just one. That might be all that it takes.

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