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   Message 41,199 of 42,985   
   Louis Ohland to Christian Holzapfel   
   Micro Channel Adapter Requirements   
   13 Jan 23 08:56:07   
   
   From: ohland@charter.net   
      
   Micro Channel Adapter Requirements page 214   
      
   Christian Holzapfel wrote:   
   > Louis Ohland schrieb am Freitag, 13. Januar 2023 um 02:28:36 UTC+1:   
   >> One fact overlooked when considering the plentiful RS/6000 configuration   
   >> choices is that while PS/2 systems have 8 slots, RS/6000 may have over 8   
   >> slots.   
   >>   
   >> Ever consider why the Server 195 / 295 has two sets of slots, 8 slots   
   >> and 4 slots?   
   >   
   > RS/6000 systems *may* have many IOU (input/output) or XIO (extended   
   input/output) modules with their own IOCC (I/O channel control unit), each   
   controlling up to 8 Micro Channel slots.   
   > See SA23-2647-00 POWERstation and POWERserver - Hardware Technical   
   Information - General Architectures, section 1-8, Figure 3 "Fourth Processor   
   Chip Set".   
   > https://ardent-tool.com/RS6000/docs/pdf/SA23-2643-03_RS6000_Ha   
   dware_Technical_Information_General_Architectures_1993.pdf   
   >   
   > My guess is that each IOCC has its own NVRAM.   
   >   
      
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