> I concur with John. I built a couple of these machines last winter,
albeit
> with a different motherboard (K7VEM-Pro). It's a good compromise in being
able
> to use an ISA card (like a 16-bit Soundblaster that K6STI's RITTY software
> requires), yet you can still run a fast AMD processor and the whole
package
> won't set you back a whole lot.
>
> Remember, most DOS-based software requires a separate IRQ for each
interrupt,
> while most cards with Windows drivers can share a single interrupt. In
other
> words, those interrupt-sharing cards won't work as you expect with DOS
> software, so you better be able to put a 2-port or 4-port ISA card in your
> system.
> 73 - Jim AD1C
Hi Jim and all,
There is a contradiction. How do you put 2 ISA cards (SB and additional 2
port card) into one ISA slot? That makes me stick to Pentium motherboard
that has at least two isa slots.
73, Igor ua9cdc
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