Are these really worth keeping?

From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme_at_hiway1.exit109.com>
Date: Wed Sep 24 12:29:28 1997

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> On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Jeff Kaneko wrote:
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> [Genuine IBM cards]
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> > Two things come to mind here. The first is, that if memory serves,
> > not all of the cards in the original XT were made by IBM. I'm pretty
> > sure that 'Original' HD controllers were made by Xebec, for example.
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> Correct. And the drives were Tandon (floppies) and Seagate/Shugart ST412s
> (hard disks). The original IBM PC/AT drive controller was a western
> digitial.
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> Most of the other cards were (AFAIK) made by IBM, though.
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> I forget who made the 1/2 height floppy drives for the PC-jr and the
> portable. The Portable monitor was a Zenith, and I think the MDA and CGA
> monitors were also built by another company. Ditto some of the PSUs.

Also some of the late XT's had Shugart/Matsushita 1/2-height floppies with
a full-height bezel.

<<<John>>>
Received on Wed Sep 24 1997 - 12:29:28 BST