CompuServe Messages

But that's only because you knew to reboot after you re-wrote the MaxTransfer value and mask. On the PC, it's magic, when you change a low-level system parameter like that, it automatically recognizes it and the change magically bubbles up through the many layers of OS. And the same happens when you accidentally insert a card with the wrong IRQ, the PC notices it and automatically resets it for you so you don't have intermittent problems later. And then monkeys fly out of the monitor.