>since im known at work as a packrat of old computer junk, someone gave me
>something called a microsoft <!> mach 20. turns out it's a full length 8 bit
>card that has a 286-8 and 2 meg and high density floppy controller on it. it
>has a cable that plugs into the 8088 socket and the board does all the
>processing. basically turns an xt into an at with lots of memory. i got
>everything, disks manuals and the special cable. i guess for a fun vacation
>project, i'll see about getting win3.1 running in standard mode or maybe even
>os2 1.3 for a challenging project...
>
>david
If I remember correctly OS/2 1.3 required 3.5Mb. Somehow I don't feel like
burrowing through the "pseudo-rack" of computer hardware that is in front
of that bookcase to check though :^)
Zane
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Received on Thu Sep 17 1998 - 23:32:37 BST