There's
no active components on the "backplane". OK there mayu be a few
LEDs of something to show presense of power but no vital components vital
to the system. The S-100 backplanes are a good example. The CPU, system
memory, video circuits, I/O ports etc are all on plug in cards.
ok, but can i safely assume that connector between this board
and backplane is a normal ISA bus and stick it into a strange ISA...
hm, splitter? (don't know the proper word, it has one male ISA edge
connector, two female ISA sockets and three decoupling capacitors)
with wires from PSU connected to the proper bus pins?
I would say yes, as all ISA controllers are supposed to adhere to the same
standard. Quite logical, as they otherwise wouldnt run on an ISA bus. The fact that a
processor etc. is on a board for itself, doesnt disturb the other controllers. So,
logically, it should be safe
Nico