Way back on the 27th, while I was freezing in Nova Scotia on a business trip, Jeff wrote...
> The messy part is that the A1, B1, C1 slot designations seem to be > built into the firmware (the ROM) of this generation Mac. So Umax > must have done something tricky to get the Mac to believe that there > is another PCI slot. I read something about a sort of dumby/virtual > E100 slot which supports some legacy thing having to do with > networking, and I think that Umax hooked into that artifact for the > E100 card. In other words, the E100 card takes its name from this > legacy artifact in these machine's firmware which allows the card to > work. > > Kennedy, do you or any of your sources have insight into this? ...and I just got caught up to it tonight. I don't have any insight into this, but I promise to bring it up if I ever run into the NICE lead engineer again. I pass him on the freeway (or vice versa) fairly often, but face to face encounters are infrequent. I do have relevant experience with PC versions of Adaptec cards however -- the 2940U2W -- and have found that they won't interfere with anything even if they don't work. They simply don't work. Now, how I was able to successfully flash two 2940UW's with the Mac firmware and have them work perfectly is something I still can't really account for. -Kennedy SuperMac Insider (http://home.earthlink.net/~supermac_insider/) -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
