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Re: [TCLUG:13550] Dual-Headed setup (Free hardware)



> It says "Hercules" in big huge letters along the part of the PCB that is
> not being used.  My guess is that it was one of the earlier models, and
> that later, they decided that there was no advantage to wasting breadboard
> space just to make it conform to IBM's "Full Slot" spec.
> 
> The card itself only has components along 3/4 of the card, after that, the
> rest of the breadboard is just for the logo, evidently.

Heh. Reminds me of my Gravis Ultrasound sound card. To make it fit on my
old pentium motherboard, I had to slice off some of the logo space
because thats where the regulator heatsinks wanted to be. Heh. Now I've
got it plugged into an Abit BH6 and its bigger than the motherboard...