• One yard and a cloud of dust Re: Alloy Computer Products "PC-XBUS"

    From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Wed Jul 26 07:12:49 2023
    https://archive.org/details/PC_Tech_Journal_vol05_n08/page/n35/mode/1up

    The HI/2, Alloy’s host interface adapter for the PS/2 Micro Channel bus architecture, provides an interface be¬ tween Models 50, 60, and 80 and
    the existing PC expansion bus used in Al¬ loy’s PC-XBUS and plus4. The pc-xbus is a 12-slot expansion chassis used to inter¬ face multiple
    PC-SLAVE cards, the heart of Alloy’s PC-PLUS multiuser, multiprocessor
    LAN system. plus4 is a small, precon¬ figured version of pc-plus that
    provides a four-user LAN and includes a built-in 40MB tape cartridge
    drive. Both the pcxbus and PLUS4 connect directly to the PS/2 Model 30.

    Louis Ohland wrote:
    PC-Slave card was used with the PC version, the "PC-XBUS" external
    chassis was used by both ISA systems and MCA systems. The XBUS looks to
    be ISA.

    PC-LAN was an alternative to a real LAN. When LANs dropped in price, the
    need for the XBUS withered away.

    Louis Ohland wrote:
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/266347713485

    Power Tip: If you cut n paste to the end of the item number, it looks
    much neater.

    First look, 16-bit card. The slight blurring makes it so much more
    interesting...

    DB-78 [?] or some humongo connector, no cable, one receiver card [must
    be in expansion chassis.

    Alexandros wrote:


    https://www.ebay.com/itm/266347713485?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=7-EtAvQOT56&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=LFC-JFTBRDe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY



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