> 	Hello.  I've been following this discussion with some interest and I'd
> like to ask what will probably turn out to be a silly question.  
> 	Justin, do you know if your driver uses more of the scratch RAM than
> the Windows driver?

Most likely a 2 or 4 additional bytes.

> Since Frank says the troubled machine is using an
> on-board 87899, I'm presuming that the one which works is on an external card?

The main difference between cards and on-board controllers is termination.
The scratch ram size is the same in both configurations.

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Justin