From cisin@xenosoft.com Thu Oct 25 18:11:37 2001
From: cisin@xenosoft.com
To: test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org
Subject: SLOT 8 (was: ISA cards for free..
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 18:11:37 +0000
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"SLOT 8" compatible IS NOT ABOUT 8 bit v 16 bit!
"SLOT 8" compatible is whether it will work in an IBM XT (not
compatibles) in slot #8 (the slot closest to the power supply).
In the REAL IBM XT (not necessarily compatibles), that slot is different
>from the other 7.

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Grumpy Ol' Fred        cisin(a)xenosoft.com
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:

> ...stands to reason, since to PC had no 16-bit slots.
>=20
> Dick
>=20
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Eric J. Korpela" <korpela(a)ssl.berkeley.edu>
> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 3:34 PM
> Subject: Re: ISA cards for free..
>=20
>=20
> > > You mean that nobody wants a current-loop capable card? Zog!. The other=
=20
> > > feature of these cards (if it's the IBM card I think it is) is that it'=
s=20
> > > one of the few cards that will work in slot 8 of a real IBM PC/XT. It c=
an=20
> > > assert the right signal to enable the bus buffers on the motherboard.
> >=20
> > Actually after some point just about everything started being designed
> > to be slot-8 compatible.  I've got slot-8 compatible VGA cards....
> >=20
> > Eric

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