From: ibmmuseum@gmail.com   
      
   > No question, dealing with any Microchannel PS/2 is a challenge today. If   
   someone wanted a retro IBM machine on    
   > the cheap and wanted it to run at least Windows 98 (or Linux), there were   
   plenty of Aptiva models that would make    
   > the job easy -- or something in the PC 300/700 series.   
      
   Well - I'm starting to bring up the "PS/2 Portal" concept again: An adapter   
   that RIPLs to a proxy/bridge, and that could configure a microchannel system   
   over the network if needed. I want to look at aspects of the microchannel   
   multi-processor bus. Chet    
   Heath wanted to do that at IBM, but had to leave and start OmniCluster to   
   create the PCI 'SlotServer'.   
      
   > If you wanted a small challenge and were looking for a server-class machine,   
   the Netfinity line might be of interest.   
      
   I enjoyed this video recently (comments added) - and can't believe the RAID   
   backplane design that has shades of DBA-ESDI for the 0.1" pitch connections:   
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTq793n2-sA   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)