Re: Apple emulator for IBM

[wsmith@NOSPAM.ctron.com (Will Smith)]

On 1 Jul 98 18:43:46 GMT, jim@calico.litterbox.com (Jim) wrote:

|>Um... at the risk of exposing my PC user colors I'll let y'all know...
|>any 16 bit ISA slot is made of an 8 bit slot plus an extention for the
|>extra pins.  Translation:  you can plug an 8 bit card into any isa slot in 
|>your machine.  Trust me.  I have an 8bit isa modem plugged into my p2/300
|>and it works dandy.  (and not an 8 bit slot in sight).

and, at the risk of letting MY colors show, it IS possible to have an
8-bit card that doesn't fit into a 16-bit ISA slot.

i've seen them myself, where the card PHYSICALLY "drops down" right
after the point where the slot ends.  presumably, this would give a
little more space for the engineer(s) of the card to work with.  in
FACT, i think i still have one kicking around....  <raising left
eyebrow>

as 16-bit motherboards became more common, this practice became less
and less popular.  that might explain why your 8-bit card fits nicely
in a 16-bit slot....

(see, Nathan?  it's possible to refute another person WITHOUT
resorting to childish flames... <g>)

Regards,

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