Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!texsun!convex!convexe!authorplaceholder From: loafman@convexe.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: WARNING? Will FASTBACK corrupt Message-ID: <63200014@convexe> Date: 9 Dec 87 18:21:00 GMT References: <17052@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Lines: 8 Nf-ID: #R:bu-cs.BU.EDU:-1705200:convexe:63200014:000:341 Nf-From: convexe.UUCP!loafman Dec 9 12:21:00 1987 Yes, FASTBACK will corrupt on one machine that I know of, the SEQUUA PC, but then the SEQUUA is barely compatible anyway with their "write-mostly" memory that controls configuration and other aberrations. The problem there is that they use a DMA chip that compatible with, but not quite the same as IBM's and other compatibles. ...Kenneth