[–] mmastrac 4y ago ↗ This blog is full of interesting stories - the secret history of ATAPI was previously on HN as well.https://www.os2museum.com/wp/the-secret-history-of-atapi/ (discussed https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29332807)
[–] metadat 4y ago ↗ Some old circuit boards are so beautiful, I love when they're jam-packed full of microchips over every possible surface.The common hardware of today is comparatively dull and mundane.I humbly posit that the old PCI cards from the 90s and early 2000s with RAM expansion slots were (are?) about as sexy as a circuit board can get .^^.And let's not forget the legendary 3DFX Voodoo 5 6000, which is just..https://static.tweaktown.com/news/6/7/67383_01_legendary-3df...https://static.tweaktown.com/news/6/7/67383_02_legendary-3df... [–] credittw2021 4y ago ↗ My personal fave are the old Gravis UltraSound ISA boards. Red PCBs almost a decade before anyone cared.
[–] credittw2021 4y ago ↗ My personal fave are the old Gravis UltraSound ISA boards. Red PCBs almost a decade before anyone cared.
[–] userbinator 4y ago ↗ I wonder if a modern OS would be able to access that drive if the controller was plugged into a PCIe-ISA bridge.
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[ 4.4 ms ] story [ 22.5 ms ] threadhttps://www.os2museum.com/wp/the-secret-history-of-atapi/ (discussed https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29332807)
The common hardware of today is comparatively dull and mundane.
I humbly posit that the old PCI cards from the 90s and early 2000s with RAM expansion slots were (are?) about as sexy as a circuit board can get .^^.
And let's not forget the legendary 3DFX Voodoo 5 6000, which is just..
https://static.tweaktown.com/news/6/7/67383_01_legendary-3df...
https://static.tweaktown.com/news/6/7/67383_02_legendary-3df...