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ARTIC
CARDS FOR MICRO CHANNEL BUS
There were
four ARTIC card groups available for computers with an IBM Micro Channel
Architecture MCA-bus structure. Each group consists of a basic
"mother" card and cables; some also have electrical interface
EIB cards that attach to the mother card.
- ARTIC
960
*
- ARTIC
Portmaster
*
- ARTIC
Multiport/2
*
- ARTIC
X.25 Interface Co-Processor/2
*
* These
ARTIC cards have been withdrawn from production
Their basic
characteristics can be compared as follows:
| |
32-bit
Architecture |
16-bit
Architecture |
| |
ARTIC
960 |
ARTIC
X.25 |
ARTIC
Portmaster |
ARTIC
Multiport/2 |
| Processor |
80960
CF |
80186 |
80C186 |
80186 |
| Processor
speed MHz |
25 |
7.37 |
12.5 |
7.37 |
| Comm
chip |
SC26C562 |
Z-8030 |
SC26C562 |
Z-8030 |
| Comm
speed MHz |
14.74 |
7.37 |
14.74 |
7.37 |
| min/max
RAM |
1MB/16MB |
512
KB |
512KB/2MB |
512KB/1MB |
| #
EIA-232 ports |
4 |
- |
8 |
8 |
| #
V.24 (X.21bis) ports |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| #
EIA-422 ports |
4 |
- |
8 |
8 |
| #
V.35 ports |
- |
1 |
6 |
- |
|
#
V.36 ports |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
| #
X.21 ports |
4 |
- |
6 |
- |
Specifications
and part numbers for MCA cards are here. |