winata@cat1.cs.wisc.edu (Charles Winata) (03/11/91)
I only wanted to ask some question concerning SB. The usual SB that runs on ISA mahice, is it compatible with PS/2 50? I plan to buy IBM compatible soon, in the meantime I would settle with my roommate's PS/2 50. I would like to hear sounds out of his box and plan to install SB in his box. That's why I'm wondering about the question I asked above. thanks in advance! -- EEEEE X X EEEEE DDDD RRRR AAA E X X E D D R R A A Charles Winata EEEEE X EEEEE D D RRRR AAAAA winata@garfield.cs.wisc.edu E X X E D D R R A A winata@picard.cs.wisc.edu EEEEE X X EEEEE DDDD R R A A
woan@nowhere (Ronald S Woan) (03/12/91)
In article <1991Mar11.141402.6156@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> winata@cat1.cs.wisc.edu (Charles Winata) writes: > >I only wanted to ask some question concerning SB. >The usual SB that runs on ISA mahice, is it compatible with PS/2 50? No... As you said the SB is for ISA and the PS/2 50 is a microchannel based machine... There will be a microchannel version coming out soon though, but I guess that doesn't help you unless you are going to get a MCA machine too. -- +-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+ +------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+ + Ronald S. Woan woan@peyote.cactus.org or woan%austin@iinus1.ibm.com + + other email addresses Prodigy: XTCR74A Compuserve: 73530,2537 +
AVP100@psuvm.psu.edu (03/12/91)
The ISA sound blaster does not work in a PS/2 50 because the PS/2 is MCA. Howe
ver, there is a MCA model due to be released soon.
A.P.ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) (03/12/91)
From article <1991Mar11.141402.6156@daffy.cs.wisc.edu>, by winata@cat1.cs.wisc.edu (Charles Winata): > > I only wanted to ask some question concerning SB. > The usual SB that runs on ISA mahice, is it compatible with PS/2 50? PS/2 50 is a microchannel machine, not ISA. Hence, all ISA cards will not work in PS/2 50 (they want $260 for a simple serial port in PS/2 50 as compared to $15 in an AT). However, SB is supposed to have a microchannel version out this or next month.
hh2@prism.gatech.EDU (HAAS) (03/13/91)
In article <1991Mar12.022232.26336@d.cs.okstate.edu> ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) writes: >not work in PS/2 50 (they want $260 for a simple serial port in PS/2 50 >as compared to $15 in an AT). However, SB is supposed to have a >microchannel version out this or next month. Who ARE they, anyway!?! I personally bought a 2 serial/1 par. adapter for under $100. Many people complain about the Delta$ between AT bus cards and MCS cards, but I have been watching this price difference continue to diminish rapidly. The only cards I have NOT seen is 1.) Sound blaster compatible, and 2.) a MULTIfunction card that includes a game port. But I've NEVER seen an AT bus card that has that data transfer rate capabilities of the MCA bus. (just a side note . . ) hh
kirsch@ux.acs.umn.edu (Dave Kirsch) (03/14/91)
In article <1991Mar12.022232.26336@d.cs.okstate.edu> ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) writes: >PS/2 50 is a microchannel machine, not ISA. Hence, all ISA cards will >not work in PS/2 50 (they want $260 for a simple serial port in PS/2 50 >as compared to $15 in an AT). However, SB is supposed to have a >microchannel version out this or next month. And just who might 'they' be? Sure, you can generally find boards much cheaper for the AT bus. However, the price difference between MCA boards and AT-bus boards has been gradually diminishing; I have now seen single serial port boards in the $60-70 range and multi-port boards ~$100. I can find a serial port board for an AT for $15, but the cheapest one I've found I could trust ran me $35. MCA boards are still too expensive, but then again I've never had a problem with an MCA board in terms of performance or reliability. I wish I could say the same for some of the boards I've put in AT-bus machines :-( Dave Kirsch kirsch@ux.acs.umn.edu
ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) (03/14/91)
From article <24193@hydra.gatech.EDU>, by hh2@prism.gatech.EDU (HAAS): > In article <1991Mar12.022232.26336@d.cs.okstate.edu> ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) writes: >>not work in PS/2 50 (they want $260 for a simple serial port in PS/2 50 >>as compared to $15 in an AT). However, SB is supposed to have a >>microchannel version out this or next month. > > Who ARE they, anyway!?! I personally bought a 2 serial/1 par. adapter for > under $100. Many people complain about the Delta$ between AT bus cards > and MCS cards, but I have been watching this price difference continue > to diminish rapidly. The only cards I have NOT seen is 1.) Sound blaster > compatible, and 2.) a MULTIfunction card that includes a game port. But > I've NEVER seen an AT bus card that has that data transfer rate capabilities > of the MCA bus. (just a side note . . ) Well, it was more than a year ago...