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Re: Second Sight board



In article <368km0$t2d@paris.ics.uci.edu>, jlee@ics.uci.edu (Orion Pax) writes:
> Dan Brown (vmbb!pro-newton!pro-dan!danb) wrote this question:
> :         Why the requirement that the SS card be in slot 3 on a ROM 01 GS?  Is
> : there such a requirement in a //e?
> 
> I would expect this has something to do with the way slot 3 has its bus
> addresses or something in the lines that is valid all the time so it can
> monitor motherboard video write activity or something.  About the same
> reason approximately why accelerators and the VOC usually should be put in
> slot 3.
> 
> Joseph
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Hmm. since I finally got my ramFAST and ZIP living together (mostly)... Where
should I put my ZIP?  My first instinct is slot 4.  I'm saving space on my
little ol' Visa card for the Second Sight card, but I'm wondering if all of the
noise problems with the ROM 01 motherboard & the ZIP will be a problem...
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