IBM 5161

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Apr 3 16:17:00 2003

--- John Honniball <coredump_at_gifford.co.uk> wrote:
> Tony Duell wrote:
> > A card in slot 8 must pull pin B8 low during a read cycle,
> > to control said buffer chip.
> >
> > The IBM Async card can do this... A few other cards can too...
>
> Yes, the Microsoft Bus Mouse card has a jumper labelled "XT SLOT 8".

Interesting. Yep... there it is. I never noticed. Just an
arbitrary jumper into the 40-pin microcontroller that does all
the work.

*There's* something to stuff into slot 8 of a Luggable XT!

And if you get tired of it, you can convert the Bus Mouse to
work as an Amiga Mouse (just needs a new cable or a pin swabber;
the signals are 100% compatible).

-ethan
Received on Thu Apr 03 2003 - 16:17:00 BST