Re: IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

2019-07-27 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 7/26/2019 12:47 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote: > > That's an interesting beast. I did wonder if this was something along > those lines, too, i.e. a non-x86 processor card for the purposes of > emulating something else - but the only one I'm aware of is the XT/370, > and I don't

Re: IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

2019-07-26 Thread Jules Richardson via cctalk
On 7/26/19 2:53 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: Genlock? MOST video add-ons were combined onto a board with their own video card, rather than connecting to IBM's It seems odd within a 5151/MDA context though - plus the system seems entirely self-contained, i.e. not designed to interact with any other

Re: IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

2019-07-26 Thread Ray Jewhurst via cctalk
I have been out of the PC tech game for almost 20 years and even I know the difference between ISA, PCI, MCA and AGP. I've never actually seen an EISA in the flesh though. Ray On Fri, Jul 26, 2019, 4:04 PM Paul Berger via cctalk wrote: > > On 2019-07-26 4:53 p.m., Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:

Re: IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

2019-07-26 Thread Paul Berger via cctalk
On 2019-07-26 4:53 p.m., Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: On Fri, 26 Jul 2019, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote: Someone on one of the Facebook vintage groups found an IBM 5160 with an MDA display for sale in Australia, except that it's a bit odd in that the machine had what appears to be an

Re: IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

2019-07-26 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Fri, 26 Jul 2019, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote: Someone on one of the Facebook vintage groups found an IBM 5160 with an MDA display for sale in Australia, except that it's a bit odd in that the machine had what appears to be an MDA card, the output of which is then connected via a

Re: IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

2019-07-26 Thread Jules Richardson via cctalk
On 7/26/19 11:25 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On Fri, 26 Jul 2019 at 13:23, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote: Someone on one of the Facebook vintage groups Oh? Which one? It's in Vintage Computer Club, posted on the 24th. Doubtless Facebook's buried it for you because it seems to

Re: IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

2019-07-26 Thread Jules Richardson via cctalk
On 7/26/19 9:50 AM, Tony Duell wrote: Are you sure it's MDA rather than CGA. The reason I ask is that I have a full-length 8-bit ISA card in my collection that connects between the CGA card and its monitor (it also provides a composite video output if you want that) _and_ inside the machine it

Re: IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

2019-07-26 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Fri, 26 Jul 2019 at 13:23, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote: > > Someone on one of the Facebook vintage groups Oh? Which one? -- Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk - Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven -

Re: IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

2019-07-26 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 12:23 PM Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote: > > > Hi all, > > Someone on one of the Facebook vintage groups found an IBM 5160 with an MDA > display for sale in Australia, except that it's a bit odd in that the > machine had what appears to be an MDA card, the output of