25 Oct
2001
25 Oct
'01
2 p.m.
Not necessarily, right? After all, if the 8-slot motherboard was just the
5-slot with the last 3 slots step-and-repeat-ed ...
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: SLOT 8 (was: ISA cards for free..
At 04:11 PM 10/25/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>"SLOT 8" compatible IS NOT ABOUT 8 bit v 16 bit!
>"SLOT 8" compatible is whether it will work in an IBM XT (not
>compatibles) in slot #8 (the slot closest to the power supply).
>In the REAL IBM XT (not necessarily compatibles), that slot is different
>from the other 7.
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Gordon Zaft wrote:
Was this an issue in the PC, or just the
PC/XT?
On the PC (5150) the problem with slot 8 was solved by having 5 slots.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com