-=> JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to VK3JED <=-
VK> Correct. Selecting the right serial card was vital in those days. If
VK> you ran more than 2 serial devices (like most sysops ;) ),
JA> I wasn't a sysop - just a dial up user.
Yep, get a fast modem and you had to upgrade your serial card. :)
JA> Oh man! I totally forgot about IRQ's!!! Cute little jumpers for IRQ
JA> setting as well as when I did graduate to a hard drive on a 386 and
JA> wanted another hard drive you had to jumper for master & slave. Had
JA> TOTALLY forgotten about all that! LOL
And before IDE, you had to set all sorts of jumpers on your HDD controller and
drive, then low level format the drive. :) And you could roll the dice by
trying a MFM drive on a RLL controller to get 50% more space, at the increased
risk of data loss. :)
VK> IRQ allocation was a real skill back then! Today, it all "just works",
VK> and even many so called tech people wouldn't know an IRQ line if it hit
VK> them over the head. :)
JA> Very true!
Yes, the old days were fun in a geeky way. :-)
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