24 Sep
2008
24 Sep
'08
1:03 p.m.
On 24 Sep 2008 at 12:45, Fred Cisin wrote:
OR, . . .
the 40 pin connector could be for the cable to the 8088 socket on the
motherboard, and the 40 pin socket could be for the 8088.
I don't think so--there are a couple of technical bulletins still
running around that say "if you have a driver that requires an 8088
to do two I/O instructions in a row, the HotShot won't work". See,
for example:
http://www.textfiles.com/computers/ASTRESEARCH/0297.tb
Besides, how many 80286 add-in cards didn't have a NDP socket, seeing
as how most purchasers bought them to run 1-2-3?
Cheers,
Chuck