Re: Design Apple Drive For PC

["Tommy" <bigtom@ix.netcom.com>]

Though not apropos to this topic and ng, ATI used to have an
8514/A (?) based card that used both MCA and PCI (I think).

If that isn't scary, I don't know what is (besides your typical
anti-PC-isms).

Tom

"Mr. Boffo" <mister_boffo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 15:22:12 -0600, "Bryan Parkoff"
> <BryanP@AlamOps.com> wrote:
>
> >    I have asked him to design a new PCI Controller Card that allows to
> >read/write data to GRC Floppy Drive in your PC!
>
> Hmm, I recall seeing a weird card somewhere, with an ISA slot
> connector on one "side" of the card, and a PCI slot connector on the
> other "side". So, if you have a newer PCI-only or an older ISA-only
> machine, you can use the same card in either machine. Neat.
>
> Now, how treacherous with THIS design method be? It'd have to be
> shipped with two slot brackets so you could use it as either an ISA or
> PCI card. ;-)
>
> I offer this only as a mere suggestion. A dual ISA/PCA card may be
> more trouble than it is worth.
>
> -Mr. Boffo
>
> Email: mister_boffo@hotmail.com