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Current motherboard compatible with DOS games (yes DOS)
"Ross Ridge" wrote in message ... wrote: 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 |
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