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   schimmi to Louis Ohland   
   Re: Did you READ it? Re: IBM Single Chip   
   19 Apr 23 11:47:38   
   
   From: stefan.lemanski@gmail.com   
      
   Hm, I thought, the Local Bus on a PS/2 _is_ MCA, like VLB or PCI on other   
   machines. Do I miss something here? :)   
      
   Louis Ohland schrieb am Mittwoch, 19. April 2023 um 01:41:20 UTC+2:   
   > Tom, IMHO this is about the most specific patent from IBM. No, you can't   
   > build one after reading it, but it answers the design philosophy of   
   > selling only what is required.   
   >   
   > It seems the design goal was to NOT support multi-tasking. What a   
   > conundrum, a 9533 with single chip SCSI and XGA-2 vs a 9556.   
   >   
   > At some point, the irons should be removed from the heat and tempered...   
   > Tomas Slavotinek wrote:   
   > > On 18.04.2023 19:12, Louis Ohland wrote:   
   > >> Tom, OCR or not, did you READ it?   
   > >   
   > > Not yet, Louis. I have too many irons in the fire...   
      
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