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From: root@Topsail.ORG (Chuck Murcko)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: ESIX and Caching Motherboards
Message-ID: <1991Mar29.150803.13110@Topsail.ORG>
Date: 29 Mar 91 15:08:03 GMT
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In article <824@oss670.UUCP> tkevans@oss670.UUCP (Tim Evans) writes:
>A photocopied "review" of ESIX System V, Rev D, which Everex
>sends out in its ESIX information package to prospective buyers
>contains the following statement:
>
>	"Our Acer's 32kb onboard cache must be disabled for
>	proper installation.  The same is probably true for
>	other machines with caches."
>
>Is this statement true?  Does anyone have any comments about this?
>
I use an ATEN motherboard with cache (64k) enabled, and it works just fine. I
think before the net jumps on the flame bandwagon, it would be useful to say
this is most likely a compatibility problem with one particular motherboard.
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