Re: Request for Product

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

"brad" <mrbrad(remove)@ll.net> 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.
> >
> >
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> 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
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i think both cards were standard ..one of them was a mouse card for a
//e...so they do fit under that lip

brad