AT&T PC6300 available, in Fort Worth, TX, USA

[Jim Leonard]

Dave McGuire wrote:
>   8086 at 8MHz in fact.

7.16MHz, actually.  (Nice even division of the base clock)

>> Uses a passive-backplane motherboard.
> 
>   It does use a passive backplane for the ISA slots, but the logic board 
> itself isn't a card in that backplane.  The logic board is on the bottom 
> of the machine (chips facing down, if memory serves) and that contains 
> nearly all of the system logic.

Yes, and unfortunately the floppy interface was down there too, so you 
had to route a cable through Hoboken and back just to hook up the floppy 
drives.

The machine was a rebranded Olivetti M24.  And the first x86 machine I 
ever personally owned, so of course I know it inside and out.

>   I spent quite a bit of time working on those machines.  They are 
> really, really nice.  The monitors are crisp and sharp, the keyboards 
> are *fantastic*, and the chassis are built like tanks.

Not sure I agree about the keyboard and chassis, but the monitors were 
to die for.  Incredibly crisp.
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