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  • Exotic MCA (Xstation 150)

    From Kevin Bowling@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 14 22:40:53 2023
    http://ps-2.kev009.com/jasper/ibm/RS6K.arch.html

    The XStation 150 has a Motorola 88110 and an MCA slot..
    and its own Intel chipset Ethernet NIC FRU 43G2814.

    I'd never heard that before.

    The 140 (MIPS CPU) seems similar enough in the planar line
    drawings it might also have an MCA slot although the NIC
    is onboard on that one so maybe not.

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  • From IBMMuseum@21:1/5 to Kevin Bowling on Tue Sep 19 18:01:19 2023
    On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 11:41:05 PM UTC-6, Kevin Bowling wrote:
    http://ps-2.kev009.com/jasper/ibm/RS6K.arch.html

    The XStation 150 has a Motorola 88110 and an MCA slot..
    and its own Intel chipset Ethernet NIC FRU 43G2814.

    I'd never heard that before.

    The 140 (MIPS CPU) seems similar enough in the planar line
    drawings it might also have an MCA slot although the NIC
    is onboard on that one so maybe not.

    The XStation 130 (and related 120?) has an MCA slot - and a 55SX-like foil connection to a drive that appears to be DBA-ESDI (literature saying that it is 30Mb). Mine doesn't have the drive. The CPU is an 80C186, with a TMS34010 video controller.

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  • From IBMMuseum@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 19 18:10:24 2023
    http://www.1000bit.it/ad/bro/ibm/R6000/IBMRS6000-Xstations.pdf

    "Adapter slot on the Xstations 120 and 130 accommodates an optional Token-Ring 16/4 Adapter for added LAN connectivity. On the Xstation 130, this slot also accommodates a second Ethernet adapter or a Dual Async Adapter"

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