31 Aug
2006
31 Aug
'06
7:01 p.m.
On 8/31/06, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
However, don't let the "8 bit ISA" thing discourage you from trying 16-bit
ISA cards in your 5160. Many can function in either 8 or 16 bit mode. To
make sure that I'm not shoveling smoke, I just took a generic 16-bit
Tsenglabs TS-4000 16-bit card and plugged it into an XT clone. Works just
fine.
Interesting. Once I had two VGA cards, maybe Paradise brand. One is 16 bit
and one is 8 bit, but they have the same layout and the same chip set. The
only difference is that the 16 bit card has two EPROMs and the 8 bit card
has one. The maker just changed the BIOS memory width from 8 bit to 16 bit,
and a 8 bit VGA card magically turnedd into 16 bit.
vax, 9000
Cheers,
Chuck