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VPD ECN
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- Subject: VPD ECN
- From: Bruce Young <youngbru@pionet.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 23:28:43 -0700
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Most of you should be aware that there are several ECNs pending in the
PCI SIG at this time. I would urge all of you to look them over and
provide comments to the SIG ASAP. The ECNs are available in the members
only area on the PCI SIG web site at
http://www.pcisig.com/members/ecn.html. If you do not have access to the
members only area either contact your company's SIG representative or
send mail to webmaster@pcisig.com.
I would especially urge you to pay close attention to the VPD ECN. This
ECN will require every PCI add-in card to add a EEPROM and circuitry to
read and write it. In my opinion this will add cost to nearly every card
with very little added benefit to the mainstream marketplace. While the
information that can be made available in the VPD would be nice to have,
in my opinion, most of the functionality can be duplicated without
adding cost to the card.
Read the ECO and form your own opinion and then send feedback to
ecn@pcisig.com
-Bruce Young
On the net I speak for myself, not Gateway 2000 (or Intel or anyone
else)
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