Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 23:16:44 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: phk@critter.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Watchdog timers (was: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards) Message-ID: <199602031246.XAA01515@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <6260.823347449@critter.tfs.com> from "Poul-Henning Kamp" at Feb 3, 96 12:37:29 pm
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Poul-Henning Kamp stands accused of saying: > > > > Also, consider putting it on an IDE cable, it may be faster actually... > > > > The 'basic' device is currently a small amount of shrapnel (245,541,688,74) > > the timer, a 555, a crystal and a relay. I don't intend to make this > > any fancier than it _really_ has to be. > > That was exactly my point. Most systems have an IDE i/f they don't > use. If you put it there you have decode+buffers done already... Hmm. Not necessarily a bad idea, although I'm not sure how other people feel about this. Mandating an entire spare controller channel is probably ruder than asking for an 8-bit ISA slot. OBTW for those of you following this, yes, I left the 16v8 off my parts summary. Apologies. > Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[
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