• NuXT?

    From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to All on Sat May 16 09:38:00 2020
    Has anyone heard of these? They're modern 8088 motherboards. Sounds like the basis of an interesting retromod build.

    8088 and NEC V20 support
    8087 co-processor support
    4.77MHz, switchable to 9.55MHz with Ctrl-Alt-+
    2x64K ROM, switchable with DIP switch, writable
    800K SRAM
    640K conventional
    up to 160K UMBs (128K max when using VGA)
    Configured DOS 6.22 uses only 10K conventional!
    Highly-compatible TVGA9000i SVGA
    HD Floppy controller, with FM support
    Bootable CF Card Interface - 64MB CF Card Included! Loaded with DOS and
    ready to go.
    ROM Socket, supporting 8K and 32K ROMs, writable
    16C550 Serial Port
    PS/2 Keyboard Port
    ATX Power Input. Generates own -5V
    4 x 8-bit ISA Slots
    Front-panel connector for modern cases
    Highly configurable via DIP switches. All onboard peripherals can be
    disabled

    Version 2.0
    Changes:

    Added real-time clock
    Added PS/2 mouse port
    Added Parallel port
    Added IDE interface
    Improved CF card compatibility
    Added PC/104 platform
    Onboard VGA is now an optional PC/104 card. The VGA port still remains in
    the I/O area.
    Removed extra Option ROM socket
    Slightly improved onboard speaker


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