<>Been there and done that.
<>Also, there are no less than two articles on how to go from s100 to ISA.
<>
<There's a substantial reach from an article to a solid and working circuit
<on a board capable of actually supporting the functions. This is
The articles actually are descriptions of circuits that do work.
<particularly true since, now, the user is required to understand the inner
<workings of his own machine as well as those of the card he wishes to use.
<Having the usual inkling about ISA is not always sufficient.
That was true then. Unlike PCs with plug and pray configuring a s100
system meant you generally had knowledge and documentation or were plain
crazy.
<><ISA cards on a single s-100 board. This would certainly be cheap enough
<><most cases, to warrant such an effort. The software might get to be a
<><problem, though.
<
<Yes, and therein lies the "problem" for the average user.
define average user... today that's mom and pop that buy a PC and plug
it in. Definatly not the case in 1980. The reality of older computers
like the S100, SS50, Multibus types were you had to be a knowledgeable
user. Or if that was a problem you went to Apple or TRS80 styled machine
where the hardware was generally a fixed and software was the experimental
arena.
Allison
Received on Sun Apr 04 1999 - 18:19:50 BST