12 Nov
2006
12 Nov
'06
5:32 p.m.
On 12 Nov 2006 at 17:13, Chris M wrote:
Ive learned that many XT-286s were really shrunken
ATs, unlike my old ITT XTRA XP. Was the subject really
a tiny-AT?
I'm not sure what you mean by "subject", but I think the IBM PC/XT
286 was mostly an attempt on IBM's part to use up old stocks of XT
cases. They had to be expensive, even in the quantites that IBM was
selling--they have nice rolled edges, unlike the "clones" that could
lay your hand open if you happened to stroke the thing wrong.
Tony, thanks for the reminder on the XT/286 DRAM chips. I recalled
that they were "special", but couldn't remember the details.
Cheers,
Chuck