Re: Twinax/ethernet cards and freezing conflicts; was x

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Jerry,
>
>  This also happens for the IO port.  For a real world example try
>installing an IBM T/R card with a Sound Blaster or compatable at the
>default port settings.  The T/R uses A20 and the blaster 220.  Lose one
>bit and the blaster 'sees' 220 when data is sent to the T/R card - big
>problem!  Hence the T/R must be set to use it's alternate IO port even
>though there is no apparent conflict.
>
>  BTW - Anyone ever run into an IO Port, IRQ, or memory conflict
>installing an AS/400 card?????? (I didn't think so.)
>
>  Larry Bolhuis
>  Arbor Solutions, Inc
>  lbolhui@ibm.net



Welll...  I seem to remember CEs mentioning that certain cards have to be
adjacent to the start of the bus, no embedded blank cards...   (:

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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