715/33 experience and one question (fwd)

|> And then my question:
|> I think the 715/33 does  not  have a Dino or a Lasi chip (am I right?), but
|>  does it have a gecko (and what is this?)?
|
|I think it has a lasi-chip...
|I don't know until now what gecko is.... (isn't it the same as lasi??).
|

The 715/33 does NOT have either LASI or DINO. It uses an older I/O chip known as ASP. ASP connects the processor bus to several external chips, including the NCR 53c710, Intel LAN and WD 16C552 (? I'm doing this from memory) 2-serial/parallel chip. It uses the PA7100 CPU which does not have GSC.

"Gecko" is the codename for the 712. The 715/33 has nothing to do with Gecko. Later 715s (/64, /80, and /100) ARE very similar to Gecko, and use the PA7100LC/LASI chipset (but not DINO).

-Bill