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From: jimmy@denwa.info.com (Jim Gottlieb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: 6386E front display and slot
Keywords: 6386E modified-slot panel-display
Message-ID: <341@denwa.uucp>
Date: 18 Dec 89 02:26:08 GMT
Sender: jimmy@denwa.uucp
Reply-To: denwa!jimmy@anes.ucla.edu (Jim Gottlieb)
Organization: Info Connections, West Los Angeles
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We have several AT&T 6386E (Olivetti M380) floor-stand computers.  Two
questions:

1)	Is it possible to access the front display to use it for our
	own status messages?  If so, how?

2)	The card that drives this display plugs into the front-most 
	slot.  I asked the hotline if that slot can be used for regular
	cards instead (we can always use extra slots).  He said that
	the slot is listed as a "modified 16-bit slot" but he did not
	know what that meant.  Does anyone know if this slot can be
	used for normal boards?

Thank you...