> >>>
> now the interesting question is: how can we read the BIOS (esp. on AXP)
> without currupting video memory ?
> <<<
>
> Basically, you can't :-(
>
> The reading of the BIOS ROM itself causes corruption of memory contents,
> no matter how you do it. You can read fast or slow, byte of Dwords, no
> change.
maybe if using special alignment? eg. only reading the first 64 bits of a
page. Or the last 64 bits.
-- mingo