On 1999-03-03 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>My first PC was a locally built clone XT (with both 8 bit and 16
>bit bus slots.
You had an 8088, with 16-bit ISA slots???
>The 286 motherboard that I upgraded to wouldn't fit
>either the motherboard mounts or the slot widths. From that point
>on my understanding was that XT=8088 and AT=8086,80286,80386, etc.,
>and that AT became the standard for slot width.
An 8086 is not an AT. I don't think any true IBM compatibles used the 8086,
but am not sure.
>important is that there is an incompatable difference between some
>older cases and upgrade parts. By the way the XT keyboard will not
>work on an AT either, although some keyboards can be switched
>between XT and AT and so made to work with either one.
I have a couple Zenith keyboards that are switchable. My Unisys 286 worked
fine with a PC keyboard, However. In fact, after I fried my "special"
Unisys keyboard that PC keyboard was all I had that would work on the Unisys
Computer!!
Chad A. Fernandez
Battle Creek, MI
Net-Tamer V 1.11.2X - Test Drive
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