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From: perry@sfsup.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: autoconfig
Message-ID: <1357@sfsup.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-Apr-87 11:32:22 EST
Article-I.D.: sfsup.1357
Posted: Thu Apr 23 11:32:22 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 25-Apr-87 07:45:38 EST
References: <1524@zeus.TEK.COM> <6838@watmath.UUCP> <1203@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> <1107@tekred.TEK.COM>
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Summary: Excuse Me

In article <1107@tekred.TEK.COM>, joels@tekred.UUCP writes:
> In article <1203@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu>, page@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) writes:
> > 
> > The whole point of autoconfig is that you don't need DIP switches.
> > ..Bob
> 
> No, the whole point of autoconfig is that you don't need addmem. The board
> must know where it resides and tell dos where that is at boot time. You
> still need switches to tell the board where it goes. Otherwise it would
> be set at the factory and unchangeable.

Excuse me  Joel,  but  go  read  the  docs. The point of Autoconfig is not to
have jumpers or switches to assign addresses. The insider does NOT autoconfig
it is simply automatically recognized by sheer luck at the exec checks C00000
when constructing the memory lists. 

Automatically recognized is definately NOT autoconfig.

Autoconfig is a Zorro Bus Specification term which defines bus map allocation
logic which allows  a board  and the Amiga to NEGOTIATE a base address of the
board.

Perry S. Kivolowitz
ASDG Incorporated
(201)  540 - 9670