2 Nov
1998
2 Nov
'98
1:21 p.m.
The PS/2 Model 30=286 didn't have a cable going to the riser card in it,
nor was it an MCA machine. It was an ISA machine, and The HD plugged into
the motherboard via ribbon cable. I'm not even sure if it was an ESDI
drive. I think it was just an MFM that had everything (including power) on
one cable.
-Jason
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From: John Rollins <rexstout(a)uswest.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: RE: Classic != IBM AT
Date: Monday, November 02, 1998 8:26 PM
Hmm.. Would the 486 system I had a while back count? I forget who made
it,
model A3000. 486DX/33 AMD CPU and FPU and some other
chips were on a
small
daughterboard that fit into a slot in the front of the
computer, which
interfaced to an MCA slot... Now that's gotta be wierd for anything.
Closest thing to that I can think of is the hard drives IBM used in some
PS/2's that interfaced directly to the MCA bus(interface built in to the
drive's controller board with a cable going to the MCA riser card in the
Model 30-286 and maybe the 55sx too). That 486 was fun, wish I still had
it... :-|
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