Re: Apple emulator for IBM

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <359a8362.0@calico.litterbox.com>,
Jim <jim@calico.litterbox.com> 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).

   You're ignoring the problem that some 8-bit cards used that
physical real estate where the 16-bit connector would go for their own
use. Any board that wants to put some chips or the like in the space
where modern motherboards have the 16-bit extender *will* have a
problem. Just because some 8-bit boards are well-behaved and don't use
that physical area doesn't mean they all do.

Nathan Mates

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