28 Jun
2006
28 Jun
'06
5:43 a.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
The RT was ISA, not MCA.
I was *all
over* IBM until PS/2. "I can't put my existing boards in it?
Why the hell not? Who made *that* stupid decision?"
Not only that, but MIcrochannel boards were considerably more expensive,
and the bus was not very amenable to "prototyping" like ISA.
I guess that after the RT flopped, IBM had to do something with their
investment in the bus. Didn't Tandy offer a microchannel system at one
time? IIRC, it also was a
great stinking failure.
Tandy Model 5000.
Peace... Sridhar