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From: kirsch@ux.acs.umn.edu (Dave Kirsch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster on PS/2 50
Message-ID: <3602@ux.acs.umn.edu>
Date: 13 Mar 91 17:46:53 GMT
References: <1991Mar11.141402.6156@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> <1991Mar12.022232.26336@d.cs.okstate.edu>
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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