29 Jun
2006
29 Jun
'06
6:05 p.m.
I'd like to find a docking station/expansion chassis
for my Portable 3. It's my understanding that this
will hold *two* (full size?) ISA cards. I'm hoping
that this will be a good, *compact* home for my
Opus PM (I'd hate to have to set up a regular PC
for this -- the Portable 3 has the advantage of the
built in display, etc.).
Alternatively, can anyone suggest something that will
hold two full size ISA cards in a similarly small
footprint? Ideally, with a COLOR display instead
of the Portable 3's orange plasma -- though I can live
with the monochrome as the GNX code is early SysV
without much frilly stuff (I think I have a beta
version of X Windows 10 that might run on that
hardware, though...)
Thanks!
--don
29 Jun
29 Jun
4:49 p.m.
At 10:05 AM 6/29/06 -0700, you wrote:
I'd like to find a docking station/expansion
chassis
for my Portable 3. It's my understanding that this
will hold *two* (full size?) ISA cards.
It's been awhile so I'm not positive but I think it takes 3/4 length
boards and IIRC one slot is 8 bit and the other is 16 bit.
I'm hoping
that this will be a good, *compact* home for my
Opus PM (I'd hate to have to set up a regular PC
for this -- the Portable 3 has the advantage of the
built in display, etc.).
Alternatively, can anyone suggest something that will
hold two full size ISA cards in a similarly small
footprint? Ideally, with a COLOR display instead
I've seen similar luggables that have color screens. A lot of them were
originally used for network snoopers. I have a color one somewhere. I don't
remember who made it but I think Dolch built some. You might check E-bay
for Dolch computers. The snoopers usually have three slots but I don't
think ANY of the lunch box size machines will support a FULL length card.
They simply not big enough. If you really need to use full size cards then
check for one of the suitcse size Compaq Portable or Portable II or
something of that size.
Joe
of the Portable 3's orange plasma -- though I can
live
with the monochrome as the GNX code is early SysV
without much frilly stuff (I think I have a beta
version of X Windows 10 that might run on that
hardware, though...)
Thanks!
--don
30 Jun
30 Jun
3:10 a.m.
Joe R. wrote:
At 10:05 AM 6/29/06 -0700, you wrote:
I'll have to dig out the boards and check actual sizes.
I may also have to do some rework on the boards -- the
daughter card (memory) may need to be moved to the back/front
depending on the actual mechanical details of the case.
I'd like to find a docking station/expansion
chassis
for my Portable 3. It's my understanding that this
will hold *two* (full size?) ISA cards.
It's been awhile so I'm not positive but I think it takes 3/4 length
boards and IIRC one slot is 8 bit and the other is 16 bit. I'm hoping
Ah, I can check on that.
that this will be a good, *compact* home for my
Opus PM (I'd hate to have to set up a regular PC
for this -- the Portable 3 has the advantage of the
built in display, etc.).
Alternatively, can anyone suggest something that will
hold two full size ISA cards in a similarly small
footprint? Ideally, with a COLOR display instead
I've seen similar luggables that have color screens. A lot of them were
originally used for network snoopers. I have a color one somewhere. I don't
remember who made it but I think Dolch built some. You might check E-bay for Dolch computers. The snoopers usually have three
slots but I don't
think ANY of the lunch box size machines will support a FULL length card.
They simply not big enough. If you really need to use full size cards then
check for one of the suitcse size Compaq Portable or Portable II or
something of that size.
I originally had this installed in "luggage". But, that was
just way too big to store for that "dedicated use". So, I
pulled the cards (I have a couple of PM's) figuring I could
always install them into a new machine as needed. If push
comes to shove, I can dig up an old ISA 386 (etc.) and
work from there...
1:58 p.m.
Joe R. wrote:
At 10:05 AM 6/29/06 -0700, you wrote:
I have a no-name 386 luggable that has room for full-length cards,
and in fact has 3 of them. If it's not a rebadged Dolch, it's a
near-exact Dolch knock-off.
The thing has a bog-standard AT PSU and Baby-AT 386 motherboard in
it, right down to the 30-pin SIPP RAM. I keep threatening to put a
Pentium board and a SVGA TFT color screen in it, for a knock-around PeeCee.
However, I just hit eBay for "Dolch", and I think my 386 is safe.
That P-III mil-spec jobbie looks swank!
Doc
I'd like to find a docking station/expansion
chassis
for my Portable 3. It's my understanding that this
will hold *two* (full size?) ISA cards.
It's been awhile so I'm not positive but I think it takes 3/4 length
boards and IIRC one slot is 8 bit and the other is 16 bit.
I'm hoping
that this will be a good, *compact* home for my
Opus PM (I'd hate to have to set up a regular PC
for this -- the Portable 3 has the advantage of the
built in display, etc.).
Alternatively, can anyone suggest something that will
hold two full size ISA cards in a similarly small
footprint? Ideally, with a COLOR display instead
I've seen similar luggables that have color screens. A lot of them were
originally used for network snoopers. I have a color one somewhere. I don't
remember who made it but I think Dolch built some. You might check E-bay
for Dolch computers. The snoopers usually have three slots but I don't
think ANY of the lunch box size machines will support a FULL length card.
They simply not big enough. If you really need to use full size cards then
check for one of the suitcse size Compaq Portable or Portable II or
something of that size. 
29 Jun
29 Jun
9:12 p.m.
Don Y wrote:
I'd like to find a docking station/expansion
chassis
for my Portable 3. It's my understanding that this
will hold *two* (full size?) ISA cards. I'm hoping
that this will be a good, *compact* home for my
Opus PM (I'd hate to have to set up a regular PC
for this -- the Portable 3 has the advantage of the
built in display, etc.).
The expansion bay will hold two cards. I can look
to see if I can find a spare empty one. I use mine
for holders for my Overland tape cards, if you
know how big they are. There are 2 AT slots
in the thing.
There was also a tape backup that was made that
I have a specimen of, but no software on the box
or idea what controller or tapes it takes. It is physically
the same size as the expansion box.
I will not be able to look till this weekend, but will
give you an answer by the end of the holiday.
Jim
30 Jun
30 Jun
2:49 a.m.
jim stephens wrote:
Don Y wrote:
I have a general idea of the size -- I have the (canvas?)
carrying case for the Portable 3. It has a compartment
that is normally zippered shut (so that it takes up no
space) that can be unzippered to make the case larger -- I
assume to accommodate the add-on chassis.
I'd like to find a docking station/expansion
chassis
for my Portable 3. It's my understanding that this
will hold *two* (full size?) ISA cards. I'm hoping
that this will be a good, *compact* home for my
Opus PM (I'd hate to have to set up a regular PC
for this -- the Portable 3 has the advantage of the
built in display, etc.).
The expansion bay will hold two cards. I can look
to see if I can find a spare empty one. I use mine
for holders for my Overland tape cards, if you
know how big they are. There are 2 AT slots
in the thing. There was also a tape backup that was made that
I have a specimen of, but no software on the box
or idea what controller or tapes it takes. It is physically
the same size as the expansion box.
I will not be able to look till this weekend, but will
give you an answer by the end of the holiday.
Excellent! I'd like to get the Opus board running again
so I can dump all of the software that I have for it onto
some more reliable medium (currently on 9T tape)
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