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ardent-blue replied to the thread Anyone who has built up a microchannel system with sound, compact flash, ethernet, etc., was it worth it?.A well-behaved ISA derived design should respond well enough to an MCA system. The MCA bus is set up to operate level-triggered, but if... -
ardent-blue replied to the thread Anyone who has built up a microchannel system with sound, compact flash, ethernet, etc., was it worth it?.That's a thing. Looking at period adapters, oohhh... this can connect to a 100Mbit network... but the chipset is 10Mbit...
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ardent-blue replied to the thread Anyone who has built up a microchannel system with sound, compact flash, ethernet, etc., was it worth it?.Did you mean to say "would MCA be able to allocate only part of its bandwidth to the ISA-derived card while it is active" ? There are a...
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ardent-blue replied to the thread Anyone who has built up a microchannel system with sound, compact flash, ethernet, etc., was it worth it?.This sounds reasonable.
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ardent-blue replied to the thread Anyone who has built up a microchannel system with sound, compact flash, ethernet, etc., was it worth it?.Unfortunately, nobody made HSTR cards for MCA. "Modern" systems don't have support for TR. So, my fervid hope of running an Auto...
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ardent-blue replied to the thread Anyone who has built up a microchannel system with sound, compact flash, ethernet, etc., was it worth it?.Er, the granny low gear "basic transfer" is done at 10MHz, yes. ISA is maybe 16-bit [if that] over 8MHz [stable systems]. MCA transfers...
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ardent-blue replied to the thread Anyone who has built up a microchannel system with sound, compact flash, ethernet, etc., was it worth it?.Er, not true. Or, not exactly true. The drivers on the sysboard limit adapter-sysboard or adapter-adapter transfer speed. So if you...
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ardent-blue replied to the thread Anyone who has built up a microchannel system with sound, compact flash, ethernet, etc., was it worth it?.Argh. Since I don't have either, further guestimation won't add much.
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ardent-blue replied to the thread Anyone who has built up a microchannel system with sound, compact flash, ethernet, etc., was it worth it?.So. The business case [note the word "business"] was to sell to folks needing to engage in business. Not the hard-core gamer market...
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ardent-blue replied to the thread Anyone who has built up a microchannel system with sound, compact flash, ethernet, etc., was it worth it?.Reference Disk Trivia and specifically, Copying Option ADFs to the Refdisk CORRECTLY
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ardent-blue replied to the thread Anyone who has built up a microchannel system with sound, compact flash, ethernet, etc., was it worth it?.SGI IrisVision? Do tell. With what application? Pretty limited to CAD, IIRC. I DO know someone with the correct compiler, if you have a...
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ardent-blue replied to the thread GE / Fanuc WorkMaster II [IBM 7186-510] WorkMaster Interface Adapter page created.WSI6 Adapter Pinout sorta complete. Wow. Missing more teeth than a washed-up boxer... No IRQs [Polled?] No...
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ardent-blue posted the thread GE / Fanuc WorkMaster II [IBM 7186-510] WorkMaster Interface Adapter page created in 386/486-based Systems.GE / FANUC WorkMaster Interface page is VERY incomplete, I don't have any WorkMaster Interface cards, nor do I use LogicMaster to...
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ardent-blue replied to the thread IBM PS/2 AVE vs BVE MCA graphics card slot differences, does XGA work in an AVE slot?.Auxiliary Video Extension on the Ardent Tool. A BVE card will NOT fit into an AVE slot. -BUT- it will work just fine in a normal 32-bit...
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ardent-blue replied to the thread Searching for IBM S/23 Datamaster users.Welcome to IBM... When documenting IBM PS/2s, I foundt the Announcement Letters are a good start. Warning! You will probably end up...