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    27-Jun-87 01:08:41
Fm: E. J. Lippert II 71330,2365
To: John Foust 72237,135

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In addition to a `BindDrivers' able device, AutoConfig means that the device is actually `Configured' in to the Amiga memory map during the KickStart phase of system start-up. The protocall for an AutoConfig device (and the associated hardware required) is laid out in absolute detail by Commodore. (Lest I get shot at: By the phrase `hardware required' I am referring to what the hardware must do, not specific device types, during AutoConfig. Commodore did, how- ever provide all developers with suggested hardware device types and even a schematic of a `suggested' system.)