Re: Request for Product

["brad" <mrbrad(remove)@ll.net>]

"Sean Fahey" <a2fan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Rob Steinmetz" <rsteinmetz@notsteinmetz.com> wrote in message
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> > Was this thing like a riser with the cards horizontal or were they
> vertical?
> >
> > I just wanted to know.
>
> I'm not sure, I haven't seen one in person, I only saw the ads for it.
Given
> the space to the right of slot 7, it could have gone either way. In the
> scheme of things, I'd rather see a vertical implementation (as long as
> everything fits) because a horizontal riser would likely require strain
> relief not just on slot 7, but on the cards in the adapter. With a
vertical
> adapter, all we'll need are some rubber bumpers or peg legs to keep strain
> off of slot 7.
>
>

i have one..it is in slot 7 ....and has two bus ports on the right side
horizontal front of card to back..
you plug the 2 cards you want to use...so they are front of card facing down
(i think that is how it worked)
both cards then have enough rom to be sideways under the far right back lip
of a //e case

this was from that loaded //e modified by dapple systems (knobs where
keyboard was ..extended keyboard)
dapple modified acclerator's and god knows little hacks all over the place)
there were also 2 dapple special made
cards for special imaging...it was used with an electron microscope...for
video and pics etc in gray scale..it cost
about 15,000 knew to mod a //e for this use...quite a deal considering i
guess at the time it might cost as much
as 50,000 for other stuff

i'm rambling...i'll try to get around to getting a pic of the sideways
card..i think it was called a proslot..but guessing

brad
former sysop lost-gonzo.com