> I guess it depends on how you define "powerful".  Maybe they do have
> extra overhead, resulting in lower throughput in certain situations.
> But, they have a fast on-board processor, and all the processing is
> done in on-card RAM (rather than system RAM, like the NCR, or by the
> system CPU, like the lower-end cards).  I'll grant you "powerful" is
> an overly ambiguous term.

As pointed out before (i think), not all NCR 53c[78]xx chips/boards
necessarily do processing in system RAM (i.e. they _have_ on-board
RAM for scripts, etc.)...  though to make the existing NCR driver
use their features would be... uh, hard.


cgd