Jeff- Monday, August 16, 2010, 3:39:01 PM, you wrote:
> Guys, it's just hardware. If there's no code to run it on the hardware, then > yes, it won't work. But, there's no such thing as a a piece of hardware that > cannot possibly interface with another piece of hardware. One could make an > ATI video card be run from a Z80 micro processor if one felt so inclined. > It's just bytes and cycles, and maybe a little soldering. ;-) Sorry, Jeff, but these days (the last 20 years or so) cards have some bootup code in the firmware. PCI cards in particular run a variant of Forth known as Open Firmware that's initialized and run from the motherboard. It's supposed to be manufacturer-neutral, but not required to be so. Some cards are supported on macs, some are supported with firmware upgrades, some manufacturers have trouble spelling macintosh. Point taken about the soldering <g>. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution