Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems?

Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-03T04:44:42Z

Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>:
> > I realize this may sound like a dumb question...but are sure the card works
> > and is not just an inert mass o' silicon? I have couple of 3c509s knocking
> > around here myself and I'm not at all sure they're alive.
>
> Yes, it worked.

So there *is* a significant risk of false negatives.

Damn. That is not good.
--
Eric S. Raymond

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upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest."
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