17 Dec
2005
17 Dec
'05
1:51 a.m.
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:52:21 -0600
Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org> wrote:
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Almost all 8-bit cards are increasingly rare with time. I go out
of my way these days just to get ahold of ANY 8-bit ISA hardware
at all, even 'common' cards are growing 'rare.' The PC and XT
machines I got this past week are almost a 'fluke'- machines from
the 'back room' of an industrial test lab. You don't find
8088-era hardware anywhere except in rare exceptions anymore.
(and when I do, I almost always am the only person who wants it,
and get it for virtually free, i.e. the complete PC Convertible I
got several years ago at auction for a dollar, and the two Kaypro
Portables at the same auction for a buck. And the wonderful
Compaq Portable III I recently got)
There also was a PAS for 8-bit bus which included
a Trantor
SCSI adapter also. There are drivers for it on Driverguide.
The Pro Audio Spectrum + (Plus) I believe... those are quite
uncommon, unfortunately. --
Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org)
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