XT Clone with a bus board?

From: Patrick Finnegan <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
Date: Sun Dec 1 11:34:01 2002

On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:

> Hmm, my Zenith XT wasn't as wide as an IBM XT but was taller. I
> wouldn't compare it to an AT, although the later 386 Zeniths I saw had a
> csse comparable in size to IBM AT. It was the later 386's that were
> supposed to be able to fall off of a moving truck, as I was told.
>
> My Zenith XT has 3 drive bays, one on top of the other. I can't tell if
> Sarks computer does or not.

Never mind, you're right. I've only seen one with a 'narrow but tall'
case before, and it was laying in pieces at the time.

> >
> > Of course, there are also newer machines with passive backplanes, I think
> > JDR microdevices has sold 'the parts' for ISA and PCI (PIC/MG?) passive
> > backplane machines.
>
> Do you mean those rack mount multiple computers in one case type things?

No, just a single ISA or PCI backplane (or both) that had a single
processor card and several slots for I/O cards. I'm not sure if JDR still
carries the, I haven't seen their catalog in at least 5 years.

Pat
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