Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!hc!pprg.unm.edu!unmvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!att!whuts!homxb!homxc!dwc From: dwc@homxc.ATT.COM (Malaclypse the Elder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Where did `3B2' come from? Message-ID: <5145@homxc.ATT.COM> Date: 24 Jan 89 02:06:33 GMT References: <1023@vsi.COM> Distribution: comp Organization: Legion of Dynamic Discord Lines: 8 i believe the 3B20 came from some starting control address (hex) some startup program jumped to or the value of some status register on boot up. i would guess that 3B2 was chosen as 'a lower end' 3B20. danny chen att!homxc!dwc