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#BB ISA Bus Questions

    19-Apr-95 23:21:24
Sb: #BB ISA Bus Questions
Fm: Michael Shea 76665,3360
To: All
I have been having troble with my IBM side on my A2000 for some time. I think I have a bad PowerGraph Multifunction card, that does my IDE hardrive interface, my bus mouse and my serial port and my SVGA. I am thinking about buying a new multifunction card, but am considering another option. I have noticed that on the A2000 motherboard, while two of the IBM are XT only, the motherboard runs exist and I believe holes exit (filled with solder) such that the xtra connector to bring the slot up to AT standard can be installed. I am thinking about the possibility of getting someone to add these connectors so I can have enough AT slots to buy separate AT cards for the stuff listed above. Has anyone done this before and with what results. I am also thinking about just buying a AT video card and an XT IDE controller and an XT serial card, but I want to be driving a 28.8 baud modem and I would like reasonably fast HD access and I am not sure what limitations XT cards would have in this regard. Any comments on this? ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360