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From: phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt)
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Subject: Re: Orchid MacSprint II and Virtual
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Date: 29 Dec 89 03:42:03 GMT
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In article <3500@husc6.harvard.edu>, siegel@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel) writes...
}Has anyone out there tried using the Orchid MacSprint II cache card in a
}Mac II with PMMU and running Virtual? I tried to, and got some interesting
}fireworks when I turned on the cache.
} 
}I asked Orchid about it, and they sent what they claimed was the latest
}version of the MacSprint cdev, version 2.1. Well, they say 2.1, the disk
}says 1.2, and the software says 1.0, and has a creation date of some time
}in August 1988.
} 
}Is there a hardware or software upgrade to the MacSprint required to make it
}work with a PMMU and Virtual, or am I fighting a losing battle?
} 
}Thanks in advance...
} 
}R.
} 
} 
}~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
} Rich Siegel
} Staff Software Developer
} Symantec Corporation, Language Products Group

YES!  There was a hardware upgrade given out a while back to make the MacSprint
II board compatible with the PMMU chip....YES!  There has been a s/w upgrade
(just recently sent out) to fix MacSprint II/32-Bit QD problems..

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