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Date:      Sat, 31 Oct 1998 12:37:01 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
Cc:        hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Mixing 8- and 16-bit shared memory ISA cards
Message-ID:  <199810311937.MAA27436@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <199810311853.KAA22693@austin.polstra.com>
References:  <199810311853.KAA22693@austin.polstra.com>

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> I have a question for you old farts who still remember ISA.  I'm
> trying to turn an old 486 box into an ethernet <-> frame relay router.
> It has a 16-bit SMC 8013 card with shared memory, and also an 8-bit
> ET Inc. card with shared memory.  I have this vague recollection that
> you can run into problems with a mix like that in an ISA machine.

FWIW, I ran this same setup (literrally!) on my 486 box until recently,
using the same model ethernet card and the *same* ET card with no
problems.

(I'll leave the rest of the questions unanswered since I don't know
about them...)



nate


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