What kind of ISA cards go in a Compaq 3420 series servers ? Regular ISA don't seem to fit

[Markfw]

OK, I know a 486/66 CPU is essentially junk, but it has 16 gig of SCSI HD space, and a DDS2 dat drive for free. I was going to make a server out of it, but I can't even get a sound card to fit in the ISA slots, they don't seem to fit. In all my years, I have seem ISA, VLB, PCI, but never this wierd variant. Any ideas ?

 

[Mday]

ISA is ISA, there are 2 types, 8 bit and 16 bit. 8 bit cards fit in 16 bit slots, not the othe rway around, due to the size differnces. if it doesnt fit, it's not an ISA slot.

perhaps it may be some sort of riser slot.

 

[dexvx]

It could be EISA.

About a few years back, I mistakenly bought an Intel EISA NIC. To my dismay, it doesnt fit in a normal ISA slot.

OTOH, it could be MCA, but thats doubtful.

 

[DaFinn]

Yeah, my vote goes for EISA. Very normal in server those days... Still have an old Digital with plenty of EISA slots...

 

[Hamilton]

Originally posted by: Markfw900
OK, I know a 486/66 CPU is essentially junk, but it has 16 gig of SCSI HD space, and a DDS2 dat drive for free. I was going to make a server out of it, but I can't even get a sound card to fit in the ISA slots, they don't seem to fit. In all my years, I have seem ISA, VLB, PCI, but never this wierd variant. Any ideas ?

Do you really need a soundcard in a server?