21 Jun
2006
21 Jun
'06
5:45 p.m.
On 6/21/2006 at 7:31 PM Michael B. Brutman wrote:
- Expansion capability.
- Some hardware in non-standard places, which broke some software.
- Shared memory between video and main memory, which slowed things down.
- Non-standard connectors for joysticks, monitors, etc.
I like the machine a lot. Getting it to do 'PC' type things (like
adding a hard drive) is a major challenge and requires some thought and
work.
IIRC, the Peanut also has no DMA controller and a rather miserly PSU. In
comparison to the "clone XTs", it was actually pretty expensive for what it
offered. It could be that IBM never fully anticipated the stiff
competition from the Asian clone builders.
Cheers,
Chuck