Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!uvm-gen!banzai!john
From: john@banzai.UUCP (John Canning)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Hardware Question
Keywords: compatability boards 6300+
Message-ID: <1019@banzai.UUCP>
Date: 15 Nov 88 17:53:05 GMT
References: <3608@ihuxz.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: john@banzai.UUCP (John Canning)
Organization: People's Computer Co., Burlington, VT
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In article <3608@ihuxz.ATT.COM> era@ihuxz.ATT.COM (Eric R. Anderson) writes:
>I see fancy boards advertised which have ports, memory,
>and all sorts of things.  How compatible is the hardware in
>my 6300+?  Can I buy boards from manufacturers other than AT&T?
>If so, what do I look for?
>

The 6300+ was introduced with a 16 bit bus before there was a standard
from our friends at IBM.  Of course, the two busses differ in their
physical look.  In other words, a 16 bit board for an AT will not
run in a 6300+ and vice versa.  8 bit boards will work, however.

So, you can buy 8 bit boards from manufacturers other than AT&T.

From experience, I have not found a RAM board manufactured by anyone
but AT&T which will work in the 6300+.  Also, if you want to put in
your own video controller, you have to go through a bunch of
contortions to disable AT&T's built in controller, as it connects
the bus to the mother board.

John Canning
The People's Computer Company
Burlington, Vermont