Re: K7+sis730 combo+32DIP

[Eric W. Biederman]

"Preston L. Bannister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> The ECS K7SEM (with SiS730) arrived and I put it into a box last night.
> 
> The BIOS ROM is indeed in a 32 pin DIP socket.  Don't know how to tell
> if the EEPROM is 2M "bit" or "byte".  Since at this stage I don't want
> to overwrite the original BIOS, guess I need to find another EEPROM.
> 
> Any particular EEPROMs you'd recommend?
> 
> Any way to tell what might be the largest EEPROM supported by this
> particular chipset and motherboard?

It's a 32 pin DIP, and in that form factor as large as you can
get is 512kilobyte, unless you play games like the DiskOnChip does.

If the high address line is connected you should be able to support
512KB otherwise you make will be 256KB.

Eric