IBM PC 5150 with no drives?

From: Lawrence Walker <lwalker_at_mail.interlog.com>
Date: Sun Mar 14 14:42:16 1999

On 14 Mar 99 at 22:15, Eric Smith wrote:

> > IBM's braindead decision to have 5 (instead of 8) expansion slots meant
> > that aftermarket "multifunction" cards became quite popular. MANY of
> > them advertised SIX functions; after memory, serial, parallel, and
> > joystick, how many people remember what purported to be the other two
> > functions?
>
> Real time clock.
>
> I don't recall whether the sixth function was a floppy controller or
> a second serial port.
>
>
 
Wasn't it a light-pen ? Or is that covered under serial ?

ciao larry
lwalker_at_interlog.com
Received on Sun Mar 14 1999 - 14:42:16 GMT