15 May
2010
15 May
'10
8:10 p.m.
It's fun to read this stuff. I didn't realize microchannel was
available from anyone but IBM. And notice how it's MS(R) OS/2. :-)
http://www.stephenbailey.com/technology/what-8499-bought-in-1989/
15 May
15 May
8:27 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Lanning" <brianlanning at gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 8:10 PM
Subject: $8500 Tandy ad from 1989
It's fun to read this stuff. I didn't realize
microchannel was
available from anyone but IBM. And notice how it's MS(R) OS/2. :-)
http://www.stephenbailey.com/technology/what-8499-bought-in-1989/
Only a few paid the fee to be able to use the MCA architecture, the rest got
together and did EISA.
A 5000 would be fun for the collection, but I have not seen any of the clone
MCA machines for sale anywhere (unless I missed one on ebay).
I wonder what the IBM machine with the same config would have cost, maybe
the Tandy was a bargain. I think in 1989 I might have just purchased a
286-12 Packard Bell.
9:29 p.m.
On 5/15/10 8:10 PM, Brian Lanning wrote:
It's fun to read this stuff. I didn't realize
microchannel was
available from anyone but IBM. And notice how it's MS(R) OS/2. :-)
http://www.stephenbailey.com/technology/what-8499-bought-in-1989/
MicroChannel *cards* were also made by (at least) 3Com and Silicon
Graphics. (Unless SGI only designed that fancy MCA video card for IBM
and let IBM make it...anybody know? Sridhar, you still have the one you
got from me a dozen or so years ago, right?)
Were there any other MicroChannel systems out there aside from IBM
and Tandy? I seem to recall there was at least one other.
MicroChannel is neat.
-Dave
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Port Charlotte, FL
9:36 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave McGuire" <mcguire at neurotica.com>
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Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: $8500 Tandy ad from 1989
On 5/15/10 8:10 PM, Brian Lanning wrote:
Quite a few companies made MCA cards, I have them from Adaptec, Madge,
Iomega, Logitech, SMC, Orchid, Procomm, Kingston, Intel, Lantastic,
Cornerstone, Powergraph, Bustek, Daystar, 3com, and IBM.
Apricot, Dell, Tandy, Research Machines and Olivetti also made machines
with MCA.
It's fun to read this stuff. I didn't
realize microchannel was
available from anyone but IBM. And notice how it's MS(R) OS/2. :-)
http://www.stephenbailey.com/technology/what-8499-bought-in-1989/
MicroChannel *cards* were also made by (at least) 3Com and Silicon
Graphics. (Unless SGI only designed that fancy MCA video card for IBM and
let IBM make it...anybody know? Sridhar, you still have the one you got
from me a dozen or so years ago, right?)
Were there any other MicroChannel systems out there aside from IBM and
Tandy? I seem to recall there was at least one other.
MicroChannel is neat.
--
Dave> 
11:29 p.m.
On Saturday 15 May 2010, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 5/15/10 8:10 PM, Brian Lanning wrote:
NCR. Big SMP machines, and some desktops, with 486 through at least
PPro processors running NCR's UNIX.
Pat
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It's fun to read this stuff. I didn't
realize microchannel was
available from anyone but IBM. And notice how it's MS(R) OS/2.
:-)
http://www.stephenbailey.com/technology/what-8499-bought-in-1989/
MicroChannel *cards* were also made by (at least) 3Com and Silicon
Graphics. (Unless SGI only designed that fancy MCA video card for
IBM and let IBM make it...anybody know? Sridhar, you still have the
one you got from me a dozen or so years ago, right?)
Were there any other MicroChannel systems out there aside from IBM
and Tandy? I seem to recall there was at least one other. 
17 May
17 May
3:24 p.m.
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 11:29 PM, Patrick Finnegan
<pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:
I played with a couple of those at Lucent, c. 1997. ISTR something
like P90 processors (4?), many MCA buses, each with many SCSI cards
and *lots* of SCSI cables going over to a JBOD cabinet.
The fun part was that as massive as they were (physically larger than
a VAX 11/750), they'd still boot DOS, still had a VGA interface, and
still could run Doom!
-ethan
? ?Were there
any other MicroChannel systems out there aside from IBM
and Tandy? ?I seem to recall there was at least one other.
NCR. ?Big SMP machines, and some desktops, with 486 through at least
PPro processors running NCR's UNIX. 
1:46 a.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
I still have it. It still works. And it has SGI manufacturing stickers
on it. And there were literally *dozens* of companies making
MicroChannel *cards*. SysKonnect made an MCA FDDI card. AST made
processor and memory upgrades. Adaptec made SCSI cards. ATI made a
couple generations of video cards. Creative Labs made a couple
generations of SoundBlaster sound cards. AdLib had an MCA card. Roland
made an MPU-401 interface card for MCA. I even have a pile of MCA
10/100(!) ethernet cards for PS/2 made by Olicom, new in box.
And that's not even talking about the giant pile of cards made by a
variety of manufacturers for MCA RS/6000s.
There were more than half a dozen companies making the *systems*.
Peace... Sridhar
It's fun
to read this stuff. I didn't realize microchannel was
available from anyone but IBM. And notice how it's MS(R) OS/2. :-)
http://www.stephenbailey.com/technology/what-8499-bought-in-1989/
MicroChannel *cards* were also made by (at least) 3Com and Silicon
Graphics. (Unless SGI only designed that fancy MCA video card for IBM
and let IBM make it...anybody know? Sridhar, you still have the one you
got from me a dozen or so years ago, right?)
1:38 a.m.
Brian Lanning wrote:
It's fun to read this stuff. I didn't realize
microchannel was
available from anyone but IBM. And notice how it's MS(R) OS/2. :-)
http://www.stephenbailey.com/technology/what-8499-bought-in-1989/
Tandy wasn't the only other company making MCA machines. NCR made quite
a few different models. I believe Siemens made one or two as well.
Peace... Sridhar
8:02 p.m.
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
Brian Lanning wrote:
And Apricot, who made the only non-IBM MCA boxes I personally ever worked on.
If there are any MCA collectors out there, I still have a whole pile
of cards I'm trying to give away... Free for the postage.
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It's fun to read this stuff. ?I didn't realize microchannel was
available from anyone but IBM. ?And notice how it's MS(R) OS/2. ?:-)
http://www.stephenbailey.com/technology/what-8499-bought-in-1989/
Tandy wasn't the only other company making MCA machines. ?NCR made quite a
few different models. ?I believe Siemens made one or two as well.
19 May
19 May
3:26 a.m.
Liam Proven wrote:
And Apricot, who made the only non-IBM MCA boxes I personally ever worked on.
If there are any MCA collectors out there, I still have a whole pile
of cards I'm trying to give away... Free for the postage.
I'd love to have them, if only you weren't all the way over there.
Peace... Sridhar
It's fun to read this stuff. I didn't realize
microchannel was
available from anyone but IBM. And notice how it's MS(R) OS/2. :-)
http://www.stephenbailey.com/technology/what-8499-bought-in-1989/
Tandy wasn't the only other company making MCA machines. NCR made quite a
few different models. I believe Siemens made one or two as well.
10:01 a.m.
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
Liam Proven wrote:
And Apricot, who made the only non-IBM MCA boxes I personally ever worked
on.
If there are any MCA collectors out there, I still have a whole pile
of cards I'm trying to give away... Free for the postage.
I'd love to have them, if only you weren't all the way over there.
Happy to send by surface post, at cost. It's not that bad - I
regularly send books to the USA via http://www.Bookmooch.com ! Costs
less than a decent 2nd-hand book costs to buy here in the UK. How much
used books are in 'Murca I don't know.
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It's fun to read this stuff. ?I didn't realize microchannel was
available from anyone but IBM. ?And notice how it's MS(R) OS/2. ?:-)
http://www.stephenbailey.com/technology/what-8499-bought-in-1989/
Tandy wasn't the only other company making MCA machines. ?NCR made quite
a
few different models. ?I believe Siemens made one or two as well.
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