25 Nov
2007
25 Nov
'07
10:23 p.m.
On Nov 25, 2007, at 8:04 AM, Michael B. Brutman wrote:
I'm digging in my secret archives. I have just
one clue so far -
somebody called it a 'printer/memory' card. Based on your
description of it and this clue, I doubt that it is the comm card
for the machine.
This is the same card as mine, right here. I'm not sure I buy the
seller's description of it as a parallel printer card, though it's
certainly possible. I could accept the description if somebody were
to find some other corroborating evidence.
http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-PC-XT-Parallel-Port-Card-ISA-Parallel-Printer-
Card_W0QQitemZ190173053919QQihZ009QQcategoryZ74946QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ
1QQcmdZViewItem
Interestingly, it was also removed from a 5271.
Actually, the more I think about it, the more it makes sense that
it's a parallel card. Would the 5271 have been capable of using the
Async Adapter as a host interface? That's the only remaining I/O card
in the machine.
ok
bear