1 Dec
2009
1 Dec
'09
12:56 p.m.
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
Very nice. I have a couple of 8-bit and 16-bit
Bridgecards, but never
ran across a Sidecar (and couldn't afford one when they were new, but
didn't really need one then, anyway).
I just picked up an A2286 board that I have yet to put into my 2000.
The side car is a lot more interesting to me though, because it's an
external case that attaches to the main computer and sort of fits the look
and feel, like the GVP addons for the amiga 500, the MacCharlie, and the
5161? add-on for the ibm 5160. There's also another case I'm after that I
think was a tape drive. It looks like a skinny version of the 5160 case.
I heard that by the A2000-A2286 era, one of the reasons Commodore kept
making Bridgecards was for those customers whose
employers had a
strict "must run MS-DOS" rule for IT Purchasing. I do remember seeing
forms in the mid-1980s with a checkbox that indicated if the machine
being ordered was "IBM Compatible" - with the implication that you had
better be prepared to explain yourself (or be rejected) if you didn't
check the box.
Sounds like corporate america.
brian