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From: blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Bridgeboards taking 2M of autoconfig space
Message-ID: <1833@esunix.UUCP>
Date: 27 Feb 90 07:10:33 GMT
References: <1164@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca>
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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From article <1164@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca>, by lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips):
> In article <1827@esunix.UUCP> blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes:
>>I've heard that they take 2M out of the autoconfig space.
>>Why?
> 
> When was the last time you saw a 1 meg or 512K add-in board for a 2000?

Well the ASDG 2M board sitting in my 2000 can handle .5M, 1M or 2M. :-)

But I guess that's not the real point is it? It takes 2M whether it
needs it or not. I guess the question I really should have been asking
is why isn't that 128K mapped into the "other" autoconfig ($E00000)
instead of our precious 8M of RAM space? Peripherials like drive
controllers autoconfig in the $E00000 range, why not the Bridgeboard?

-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland  580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
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