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Re: PCI compatibility of BusLogic's BT946C SCSI Adapter

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From: Steven Hoke
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 16:37
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Leonard N. Zubkoff wrote:
 
>   I wasn't even aware that there was an F revision of the BT946C. Any idea
>   what was changed on that from the E to the F revision? 
> My understanding is that the only difference between the Revision E and F
> cards is that one of the three firmware/BIOS sockets is no longer present
> on the revision F.  It seems this chip/socket was never actually used for
> anything, so it was finally removed in the latest revision.  It was left
> empty on the Revision E boards I have which I think led some customers to
> worry that something was missing from the board.

That can't be right. I have a Rev E board, and it has all three sockets populated, 
and it arrived directly from BusLogic. I've since updated the BIOS, and they sent 
all 3 chips. There's never been an empty socket on the board. Maybe its something 
else.

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--==Steve==--

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From: Steven Hoke <shoke@baldcom.net>
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Subject: Re: PCI compatibility of BusLogic's BT946C SCSI Adapter
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 11:37:51 -0500
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