The DoC problem

[Lee]

Use two rows of header pins.

Lee Causier, with Radio H.E.L.L. (Helping Engineers Live Longer), 
signing off.

Jan Kok wrote:

>Hamish, what would you use for a plug to plug into the BIOS socket?  I
>searched all over the place for a plug (or PLCC to DIP adapter for DoC) and
>didn't find anything useful for less than about $60 small quantity -- except
>for the Bios Savior device (about $30 from www.mwave.com).
>
>- Jan
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Hamish Guthrie (Mail Lists)" <hamishl at dplanet.ch>
>To: "Ronald G Minnich" <rminnich at lanl.gov>; <linuxbios at clustermatic.org>
>Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 4:03 AM
>Subject: RE: The DoC problem
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>>I think the DoC mess is here to stay, there is one potential solution if
>>people are insisting on having DoC, and that is to make up a little board
>>which plugs into a BIOS socket which has both a 256k flash device and a
>>little bit of decode logic for a DoC, as well as a DoC - if anyone is
>>interested in this approach, I could knock together a few prototypes for a
>>couple of $'s, but I have my reservations as to this being a permanent
>>long-term solution for production systems.
>>
>>Hamish
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