16 May
2010
16 May
'10
12:21 p.m.
On Sun, 16 May 2010 19:54:47 +0100 (BST), Tony Duell wrote:
>
> it is off-topic for me. I only collect IBM-incompatibles :) :(
I suspect we use that term in different ways. For me an
'IBM
incomaptible' is an 80x86-based machine that will not run IBM PC MS-DOS
(it may well run a customisd MS-DOS). Machinss like the HP110, HP150,
FTS-88, DEC Rainbow.
Of course there are plenty of other machines which are
even more
incompativle. PDP11s, for example :-).
I experienced the reverse situation. Somebody said to
me 'do you want an
IBM compatible ethernet interface'. I was expecting an ISA card. What I
actually fot was a boc of electronics with Tag and Bus connectors on the
back to connect to an IBM 270 channel. Oh, and an AUI connector :-)
-tony
Very cool !!!
The other Bob