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to: Don Hills
from: Rich
date: 2006-06-13 08:14:34
subject: Re: PCI hardware ID

From: "Rich" 

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    Do you mean the 16-bit mca adapter IDs though would run out if there =
were 64K unique devices?  The one that lacks the mechanisms present in =
PCI to identify compatible devices?

   I did find an interesting list at =
http://www.mcamafia.de/mcapage0/mca.dat.  This is what a mca enthusiest =
has come up with.  Sad.

Rich

  "Don Hills"  wrote in message =
news:O5mjEtgaXGgP092yn{at}attglobal.net...
  In article , "Rich"  wrote:
  >
  >   The data isn't garbage.  It is how PCI devices are identified.

  All these years, and the industry has yet to better the Micro Channel =
device
  ID scheme.... 

  --=20
  Don Hills
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capage0/mca.dat. =20
This is what a mca enthusiest has come up with. 
Sad.
 
Rich
 

  "Don Hills" <black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.commailto:black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.com">black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.com
A>>=20
  wrote in message news:O5mjEtgaXGgP092yn{at}attg=
lobal.net...In=20
  article <448da940{at}w3.nls.net>,=20">mailto:448da940{at}w3.nls.net">448da940{at}w3.nls.net>,=20
  "Rich" <{at}>
wrote:>>   The data
isn't=20
  garbage.  It is how PCI devices are
identified.All these =
years,=20
  and the industry has yet to better the Micro Channel deviceID =
scheme....=20
  <grin>-- Don
Hills

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