SLOT 8 (was: ISA cards for free..

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sat Oct 27 02:30:55 2001

>From the description I got the other day, it's slots 1, 2, and 3 that don't
exist in the PC. Isn't slot 8 the one nearest the power connector?

So ... slot 8 was a layout error, then? ... or was it just stupidity?

Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 4:39 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.
> > Was this an issue in the PC, or just the PC/XT?
>
> The problem with slot 8 in the PC is that it doesn't exist :-). The PC
> only has 5 slots.
>
> More seriously, the IBM PC/XT is the only true-blue IBM PC family machine
> to have this 'problem'. All the slots are electrically identical on the
> PC. And on the expansion unit. And on the AT and PC/286 (well, there are
> some 8-bit only slots and some with the 16 bit extension on both of those
> machines, but all the 16 bit slots are the same, and the 8 bit part of
> all 8 slots is the same). No problems with one slot being the 'wrong
> side' of a buffer.
>
> -tony
>
>
Received on Sat Oct 27 2001 - 02:30:55 BST

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