SLOT 8 (was: ISA cards for free..

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Thu Oct 25 21:00:37 2001

Not necessarily, right? After all, if the 8-slot motherboard was just the
5-slot with the last 3 slots step-and-repeat-ed ...

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: SLOT 8 (was: ISA cards for free..


>
> > At 04:11 PM 10/25/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> > >"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.
>
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Gordon Zaft wrote:
> > Was this an issue in the PC, or just the PC/XT?
>
> On the PC (5150) the problem with slot 8 was solved by having 5 slots.
>
> --
> Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
>
>
Received on Thu Oct 25 2001 - 21:00:37 BST