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minus-squareStrider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoAnd even configuring master and slave as well as irq and dma manually was never really an issue if you knew what you were doing. (except edge cases)
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoBut every million different clone manufacturer had their own jumper settings. You needed to have the manual for everything, because you couldn’t look it up online.
minus-squareStrider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 day agoThat’s what I would call edge case, I stuck to reliable ones. But fair point and possibly the availability was different everywhere too. Also, the older stuff was the worse it was. It got better over time with prints on boards and such.
And even configuring master and slave as well as irq and dma manually was never really an issue if you knew what you were doing. (except edge cases)
But every million different clone manufacturer had their own jumper settings.
You needed to have the manual for everything, because you couldn’t look it up online.
That’s what I would call edge case, I stuck to reliable ones.
But fair point and possibly the availability was different everywhere too. Also, the older stuff was the worse it was. It got better over time with prints on boards and such.