WE32100 (was: Re: What's your coolest ISA card?)

From: blstuart_at_bellsouth.net <(blstuart_at_bellsouth.net)>
Date: Sat Aug 11 23:09:57 2001

In message <5.1.0.14.1.20010811170740.00ac5c60_at_mailhost.intellistar.net>, joe w
rites:
>At 10:51 PM 8/10/01 -0500, you wrote:
>>In message <898.623T1600T2555249optimus_at_canit.se>, "Iggy Drougge" writes:
>> >What is the 3B1 based on, then?
>>
>>68010 with a custom paged MMU. In a slightly different configuration,
>>the 3b1 was also known as the 7300.
>
> It was also known as the Unix PC". AFIK the only difference between
>the 7300 and 3B1 was the larger capacity hard drive. The larger drive was a
>full height model so the top case cover was replaced with one that had a
>hump in it. Many of the 7300s were modified after they were delivered
>therefore many are still labeled as 7300s even though they have been
>modifed to 3B1s.

There was some debate over whether the 3b1s also had a little
bit heaftier power supply to handle the full height drives.
There never seemed to be a really definitive answer, but
it seemed to me that it was the same capacity, but had a
different connection to the drive.

Brian
Received on Sat Aug 11 2001 - 23:09:57 BST