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Subject: Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? 
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esr@thyrsus.com said:
>  OK.  So can I ask ACPI if the board has ISA slots?  Does it answer
> reliably?

Of course not. ACPI is done by BIOS engineers too, and hence has the same 
quality standards. 
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dwmw2


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