ISA bus throughput

You're not saying a modern (internal) ATAPI cd-rom (or dvd-rom?) would operate in such a machine with an IDE card? I guess I could just try it - had my 5170 out not hours ago to test my old 80188 based graphics card (beeeeep beep beep :( ), but I don't know where my IDE card went. It's no news that cd-roms could operate in older machines. I remember a friend with a Tandy 1000 something years ago who had one hooked up (can't remember if it was internal or external though). And he could listen to music while he was doing *presumably* something useful with the machine. It would be nice to obtain a schematic of one of the more primitive IDE cards *whistles*. And wouldn't artwork be nice too ;). Would an 8-bit card take the place of a 16-bit card in an AT? Presumably yes, albeit slower I guess. The Acculogic sIDE/16 or something has all discrete logic, save for a pal or gal (or 2). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com