At 03:03 AM 1/21/2003, J Sand typed thusly:
>What is a DOS card? The best I can understand is it is a way for a Mac to >use an 80x86 processor. Is this correct? A few versions I know of: 1. 486 on a PDS card (or adaptor, or "built in" with some sort of extension, like the Performa 640CD.) These can, from what I read, *only* run DOS. Something about how they access the disk and/or hardware - though IIRC the Perf. 640CD has a sound blaster chip in it. 2. 486 on some other (NuBus, don't think there was a PCI version, but I could be wrong) card. 3, Pentium on a PCI card (don't recall anything higer than a 166-200 being mentioned.) Not sure what the last two could run, if they were more flexible than the first one listed. At the time, the Mac's processors were too slow to make emulation feasable, so these pcs-on-a-card were created. I, personally, *still* think they'd be a good idea... if there were room, emulation *wasn't* as good, and/or real PCs weren't so cheap (if you absolutely needed one, though I wouldn't suggest the $499 specials for gaming.) -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
