27 Oct
2001
27 Oct
'01
11 a.m.
You're quite right, the 5161 Personal Computer Expansion Unit; just threw one out last
week, as a matter of fact...
mike
---------------Original Message--------------
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 23:01:52 +0200 (CEST)
From: Kees Stravers <kees.stravers(a)iae.nl>
Subject: Re: SLOT 8 (was: ISA cards for free..
At 09:29 26-10-01 -0700, you wrote:
I have no idea why IBM did that. Perhaps intending it
for some
"special" card that would need it, such as a coprocessor?
AFAIK slot 8 in the XT was meant for a bus extender card.
There was available a box which looked just like a XT but only
had a psu and a passive motherboard inside. You put a bus ext
card in that box and in the XT, and you could add seven more
cards to the system.
Kees.
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