SLOT 8 (was: ISA cards for free..

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Thu Oct 25 18:11:37 2001

"SLOT 8" compatible IS NOT ABOUT 8 bit v 16 bit!
"SLOT 8" compatible is whether it will work in an IBM XT (not
compatibles) in slot #8 (the slot closest to the power supply).
In the REAL IBM XT (not necessarily compatibles), that slot is different
from the other 7.

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Grumpy Ol' Fred        cisin_at_xenosoft.com
<A HREF= "http://www.xenosoft.com/dogears" >DogEars</A>
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> ...stands to reason, since to PC had no 16-bit slots.
> 
> Dick
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eric J. Korpela" <korpela_at_ssl.berkeley.edu>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 3:34 PM
> Subject: Re: ISA cards for free..
> 
> 
> > > You mean that nobody wants a current-loop capable card? Zog!. The other 
> > > feature of these cards (if it's the IBM card I think it is) is that it's 
> > > one of the few cards that will work in slot 8 of a real IBM PC/XT. It can 
> > > assert the right signal to enable the bus buffers on the motherboard.
> > 
> > Actually after some point just about everything started being designed
> > to be slot-8 compatible.  I've got slot-8 compatible VGA cards....
> > 
> > Eric

Received on Thu Oct 25 2001 - 18:11:37 BST