Current motherboard compatible with DOS games (yes DOS)

"Ross Ridge" wrote in message
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I've got one more question. What's the difference between a 'regular'
motherboard and an industrial motherboard? iBase characterizes their
products as industrial motherboards. Other than high price, is there
anything that sets these boards apart from those normally found in PC
cases?

Basically, they support things like ISA slots. Apparently there's
a fair number of companies still using old ISA boards to control or
monitor things. I guess these things either can't be replaced or it
would cost more than $300 to do so. I notice their ATX motherboards
also typically have four serial ports, where on a modern motherboard
you're lucky to get one. They also have watchdog timers, which can be
used to reset the computer when it appears to have crashed.


IIRC, when we evaluated an iBase motherboard a few years ago, they used
components with better temperature ratings so their motherboards could
have a higher temperature rating. Seems like they also had other
features like on-board flash RAM and digital I/O that some industrial
applications can take advantage of, and one of the serial ports could be
configured as either RS-232 or RS-422.

Regards,

Dave