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From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
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Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>:
> > Waitaminute.  DMI is a *dying* standard?  What, if anything, is
> > replacing it?
> 
> ACPI

OK.  So can I ask ACPI if the board has ISA slots?  Does it answer 
reliably?
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