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From: blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Bridgeboards taking 2M of autoconfig space
Keywords: why?
Message-ID: <1827@esunix.UUCP>
Date: 24 Feb 90 23:07:04 GMT
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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I don't own a Bridgeboard, but may need to get one in the future. I've
heard that they take 2M out of the autoconfig space.

Is this true?

For both the XT and the AT versions?

Why?

Isn't the shared RAM only 128K? And doesn't the autoconfig protocol
provide for a minimum size of 64K? Unless there is something I'm missing
(quite likely), the Bridgeboards should only take 128K, not 2M.

Does the Bridgeboard actually USE 2M of space (for a 640K computer?), or
was it just easier to build it this way?
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland  580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
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