Chuck Guzis wrote:
All legacy floppy controllers in 100% "PC
compatible" systems are
based on the Intel 8272/NEC 765.
I keep thinking it'd be interesting to hear what folk think the IBM PC
*should* have been - although that could descend into utter chaos :-)
It does seem like the design was pretty compromised* - I'm curious as to what
folk think should have been done with the hardware of the time whilst
remaining in roughly the same price range...
* Although wasn't the original intention for the 5150 to be more of an
intelligent terminal than a standalone machine? That might explain things, as
I suppose in that capacity it did what was needed.
cheers
Jules