maples%mitre@sri-unix.UUCP (12/21/83)
From: Greg Maples <maples@mitre> I have been giving some thought to developing my own IBM PC system, but do NOT wish to pay IBM's ridiculous prices. So far, I have come across two manufacturers of IBM mother boards, Micro-Mint and Faraday Electronics. I'm looking toward putting my own system together as a pseudo-kit, as I wish to use 96tpi drives, use a better power supply, etc. I'm fully capable of making my own ROMs, and therefore would like to get a system that has some flexibility to it. Does anyone have experience with Micro-Mint or Faraday? If so, can you swap floppy controller chips to move to the new multi-purpose chips from various sources, or is a proprietary scheme being used? Is the board well designed or a hog? Are there any other motherboard sources I've not listed? Can you get the mother board from IBM? If so, at what price? Greg Maples (maples at mitre)
BRACKENRIDGE%USC-ISIB@sri-unix.UUCP (12/22/83)
From: Billy <BRACKENRIDGE@USC-ISIB> IBM is officially selling a PC with just the power supply, cabinet, and motherboard. I forgot the price and whether this includes a keyboard. We have a Farady board, but only use it in the electronics lab for debugging custom built IBM-PC add on boards. All software development is done on real PCs. There are significant BIOS differences. ------- -------