On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:
> Sark wrote:
> > I ran across an old XT clone with bus board in it instead of a true
> > motherboard. I have never seen an IBM PC compatible computer like this
> > before. Is this common? I have several XT's, but all the ones I have
> > ever seen had an actual motherboard. I just thought this was an
> > interesting machine. I have some pictures of it -
> > http://24.194.68.104/computerland_xt.html. Does anyone know anything
> > about this? Were there other PC's made like this?
>
> My guess is that it's a a Zenith, even though, I can't see it yet. I
> think these computers were built for the government. At least the later
> 386 versions..... supposedly they were built to fall off a moving truck.
> Might be urban legend, Though.
I know Zenith made XT's and 286 systems with that design, I've seen too
many of them go through Purdue's surplus lately. However, that DEFINATELY
doesn't appear to be a Zenith machine - the zenith machines I've seen are
much wider and generally bulky (at least as wide as a PC/XT/AT case, and
deeper - I noticed that when I tried putting a CGA card from one into a
PC/XT and it didn't fit :).
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.
Pat
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Received on Sat Nov 30 2002 - 10:51:00 GMT