On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, Colin Wood wrote:

> David G Taylor wrote:
> > 
> > Will an external cache card work in a Mac IIci ?
> > 
> > I have it enabled in MacOS, but I notice the generic 1.2.1 kernal has
> > external cache disabled:
> > options         DISABLE_EXT_CACHE # Don't use IIci external cache
> > 
> > ? Any experience here appreciated.
> 
> At the moment, no, it won't.  The problem is that I don't think there is
> any code in locore.s to flush the cache when necessary (the only time it's
> necessary actually, is during boot).  I think that the machine will hang
> if you try to boot with the cache enabled.  However, I could be wrong,
> it's been a while since I've played with turning one on.
> 
> Later.
> 
> -- 
> Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
> Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> I speak only on my own behalf, not for my employer.

Sorry, but I thnk your wrong, are you sure enough that I should open
my machine to double check? 

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