25 Oct
2001
25 Oct
'01
11:11 a.m.
"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.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
<A HREF= "http://www.xenosoft.com/dogears" >DogEars</A>
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
...stands to reason, since to PC had no 16-bit slots.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
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..
> > You mean that nobody wants a current-loop capable card? Zog!. The other
> > feature of these cards (if it's the IBM card I think it is) is that
it's
> > one of the few cards that will work in slot 8 of a real IBM PC/XT. It can
> > assert the right signal to enable the bus buffers on the motherboard.
>
> Actually after some point just about everything started being designed
> to be slot-8 compatible. I've got slot-8 compatible VGA cards....
>
> Eric