At 1:23 AM -0500 2/2/02, Todd Vierling wrote:
On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
: i'm not sure i understand you. so WILL just this PCI board with VGA and/or
: IDE/SCSI/NET inserted on passive plane boot?
Since you two are on different wavelengths, I'll cut this short.
The card is an UPGRADE for a POWERPC-BASED MAC, and needs the BOOT ROM on
the MAC MOTHERBOARD in order to work. It will not work on a passive PCI
backplane, as it is not a self-contained ("embedded") computer.
End of thread, and good night. 8-)
Is that what was going on? I knew there was some disconnect, but I couldn't place it. Thanks.
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