4 Oct
2003
4 Oct
'03
10:32 a.m.
thanks for info, everyone. :-)
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 05:20:29PM -0400, Joe wrote:
[..]
obvious.* BUT even if it has a standard ISA connector
you can not just plug
it into a standard motherboard that already has CPU and memory. If you do,
you will be connecting the outputs of the memory, CPU etc on one board to
the outputs of memory, CPU etc of the other board. If any of the outputs
are not in the same logic state (hi or Lo), and it's a near certainty that
they're not, then they will try to force the other outputs and WILL burn up
something. [..]
that's bad. this hardware went through hands of _very_
incompetent people.
details of the card that you have. If it's a CPU
or memory card, don't try
to use it in a computer with a motherboard! If it's an I/O card then it's
probably safe to use with a motherboard.
it's 'all in one' - cpu, memory, i/o.
[..]
BTW where are you located? I have some extra
backplanes here (Florida).
I can probably send you one.
thanks, but it's not a good idea. first, as noted above, i doubt
if it's working; i'll try to power it up anyway, when i have some
more time. second, transport to poland would cost too much; one
can find this kind of equipment relatively easily, and passive
thing seems hard to fry, anyway.