Re: Computer
By: Nightfox to Poindexter Fortran on Thu Aug 25 2016 09:23 am
> Mr>> yeah but this is an 8088
> PF> Doesn't matter - the IO card was typically an 8 bit ISA card, which
> PF> would fit in an 8088. Remember, back then, nothing was onboard!
> Perhaps he was thinking an 8088 wouldn't be fast enough to keep up with a
> 14.4k modem and a 16550 UART. I suppose it's possible though.
i'm not saying he's a liar, but i never heard of such a thing and i used to get
old computers from my uncles businesses that were 286 and earlier and i had
friends back in the day that had EVERYTHING, old and new.
---
■ Synchronet ■ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
|
