> >From what I remmeber this is an XT machine with an 8086 CPU (not the 8088
> used in the IBM PC/XT) and thus the CPU has a 16 bit databus.
>
> The expansion slots are standard 8 bit ISA and a second connector that is
> _not_ the same as the 16 bit ISA extension (it's mounted much further
> forward so there's no chance of you fitting the wrong sort of board). You
> can use 8 bit ISA cards and there were a few special Olivetti cards that
> used the 16 bit extension.
>
Mostly the memory expansion stuff... I was surprised they didn't have a
16 bit disk controller that would've blown away the competition at the
time.
> Isn't it DIP switches on the CPU board (the one mounted chips-down under
> the bottom cover)?
Yup.
>
> -tony
>
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