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- From: fredf@microsoft.com (Fred Freeland)
- Subject: Re: HARDDRIVE CONTROLLER, SERIAL&PARALLEL PORT on a card
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.171122.9986@microsoft.com>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 17:11:22 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Jul26.193824.41889@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <tooraj.712241829@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au>
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- In article <tooraj.712241829@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au> tooraj@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au (Tooraj Enayati) writes:
- >christos@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
- >
- >
- >
- >> I was wondering whether anybody has heard of cards that have a serial
- >>port, a parallel port and a hard drive controller.
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- STB Systems, Inc. of Richardson, TX makes a PowerGraph Combo board that
- contains:
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- Super-VGA compatible graphics card with up to 1 Meg RAM
- IDE Hard disk controller for up to 2 hard disks
- Floppy disk controller for up to 2 floppy disks
- 2 RS-232 serial ports
- 1 parallel port
- 1 bus mouse port (bus mouse included)
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- I believe the list price is somewhere around $490, but I'm sure it can be
- had for much less. I am currently using one in my system at home and in
- addition to having no complaints about the performance, I really like
- have the extra room in my machine for other cards, like SoundBlaster's,,
- TV, etc.
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- STB Systems, Inc. can be reached as follows:
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- STB Systems, Inc.
- 1651 N. Glenville Suite 210
- Richardson, TX 75081
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- Their telephone number is (214) 234-8750.
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- Hope this helps you in your quest.
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