[OpenBIOS] ping ?

Timothy J. Massey tmassey at iname.com
Thu Apr 29 13:43:21 CEST 1999


On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 01:05:25 -0230, James Oakley wrote:

>One thing I have to find out however, is how fast the processor accesses
>the BIOS. I'll have to hook it up to my scope (though I may not learn
>much from that as it's only a 20MHz scope) 

I could be wrong but...

Isn't the ISA bus usually limited to 8MHz?  I've seen ISA busses overclocked
as high as 16MHz, but never any higher.  So, a 20MHz scope should show you
how fast the CPU is accessing the BIOS.

Of course, It's been a few years since my Digital Electronics classes...

Tim Massey



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