Single-card video/I/O solution

From: David C. Jenner <djenner_at_halcyon.com>
Date: Sun Sep 13 13:18:05 1998

I'm looking for a slight variation of a card I have in an old PC/XT,
one card with:
 - video (monochrome text only is OK, VGA at best)
 - floppy disk controller (3.5in, 1.44MB is necessary)
 - serial/parallel I/O (optional, one serial port would be nice)
 - and (optionally) a hard drive controller (MFM is OK, IDE better)
With such a card I can construct a minimal, full system on an old
386sx I have using only one expansion slot, which is a necessity.

The card I have is an 8-bit ISA card, and that or a 16-bit ISA card
would be OK. The card I have only does up to 5.25in, 720KB floppies,
and that's why I can't steal it from my XT.

Was such a card ever made? (It's not too much of a step beyond what
I have.) Does anyone have one around? Does someone still make such
a card?

Thanks,
Dave
Received on Sun Sep 13 1998 - 13:18:05 BST