Re: Serial port & Modems (External)

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From: John Kim (jokim_at_CHS.CUSD.Claremont.Edu)
Date: Mon Jul 04 1994 - 03:14:17 EDT


In message Sun, 3 Jul 1994 14:30:47 -0500 (EST),
  "Adam Wilkinson" <adam_at_tiamat.umd.umich.edu> writes:
> In message Fri, 1 Jul 1994 14:14:59 -0800 (PST),
> "John Kim" <jokim_at_chs.cusd.claremont.edu> writes:

>> Personally I think they should've stuck with MCA. I doubt they're
>> selling *that* many docking stations, especially at the price they
>> charge.
>
> Actually, machines based on the ISA achitecture are easier, faster and
> cheaper to design and build, regardless of whether or not a docking
> station is used.

But since the 700 and 720 were *already* MCA, making the 750 MCA would've
been a minor redesign, while making it ISA meant starting from scratch.
(Something I have GOT to remember - never buy the first version after a
complete redesign. I thought I'd learned my lesson after buying a first
edition of a book but somehow I keep doing this - last time it was my car.)

Oh well, it's ISA now and not much is going to change that.

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