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|    Louis Ohland to Louis Ohland    |
|    Multi-system ADFs? Re: [8550, 8550z -AND    |
|    06 Nov 25 08:30:42    |
      890ef4c4       569e2cef       From: ohland@charter.net              Methinks IBM was too clever by half...Not common to see "Jnnnn.ADF", so       I'm making a big SWAG.              -MAYBE- IBM decided to try using a common Dnnnn and Pnnnn while using       the Jnnnn ADF to actually set up the different features?              What could go wrong?              Compared rf5060 and rf5565              ADF rf5060 rf5565       DFBFF 57/900626 57/900810       JFBFF 271/ " " 271/ " "       PFBFF 1,489/ " " 1,489/ " "       SFBFF 1,210/ " " 1,210/ " "              SC.EXE v 2.04 for both refdisks              Louis Ohland wrote:       > I czeched, the FBFF.ADF for the 5060 refdisk and the 5565 refdisk is       > 1,489 Bytes.       >       > BUT, there were J files which need to be looked at to determine which       > sysboard...       >       > Devil's in the details...       >       > Peter H. Wendt wrote:       >> Hi Louis !       >>       >>> How can a 286-10 compare to a 386SX?       >>       >> Architecture wise the 386SX is a 286.       >> They share the essential external design and most of the surrounding       >> components can be used on either one, like i.e. memory access and       >> control.       >>       >> The FBFF for either machine may differ in minor settings however.       >>              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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