[rescue] FDDI card

[dave at cca.org]

mcguire at neurotica.com writes:

>On February 25, Andrew Weiss wrote:
>> <smartass>
>> 
>> PC... PERSONAL computer.  Though I'm of course sure Dave is referring to 
>> it's x86'ed nature.
>> 
>> </smartass>

>  The processor is only half of the problem.  The other half is the
>crap system architecture designed around it, that the world can't get
>away from due to backward compatibility requirements.

What was that craziness in PCs at one point with the keyboard chip
being involved in one of the addressing bits for ram? Do you remember
that?

------ David Fischer ------- dave at cca.org ------- http://www.cca.org ------
----------------- Live each day like the Triffids are coming. -------------