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From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu>
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Subject: Re: BT946 4.25J firmware. anyone got it working?
To: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes)
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 13:46:00 -0400 (EDT)
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> Did you bt946 come from Micron.  They have worked extensivly with BusLogic
> to make the boards work with there motherboard, and I think in doing so
> they have broken it badly for most of the rest of us.  Micron systems
> either require a special revision D board, or the new revision E board.
>
> Micron will not support you if you have any other revision.  This information
> came from my contact at BusLogic.  Also the revision is MB version dependent,
> and certain Micron boards absolutly require the odd ball revision D board
> or forget it.

I have used both D's and E's in both Micron Triton and non Triton systems, as
well as Compaq PCI systems with zero problems.

I did have a rev A board that didnt work for squat in anything.

-Crh

    Charles Henrich     Michigan State University     henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu

                     http://rs560.msu.edu/~henrich/