IBM 5161

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Apr 2 14:18:00 2003

--- chris <cb_at_mythtech.net> wrote:
> >But in the XT, one slot is different.
>
> Why?

There is a buffer chip that buffers signals to the other slots, but
this one slot is on the CPU-side of the chip, thus is not *idential*
to the other slots.

IBM's serial card is not affected by this difference which is why they
decided it was easier to give away a serial card than deal with the
customer-support issue of random 3rd-party cards not working in that
slot.

-ethan
Received on Wed Apr 02 2003 - 14:18:00 BST