BA->The NorthStar motherboard can't do anything by itself - the CPU is on an
BA->adapter card, as are all of the various serial/parallel/scsi controllers for
BA->peripheral devices - including the monitor.

Yeah, something that perplexed me a bit...

BA->FWIW, in the late 1980s/early 1990s IBM adopted that setup - CPU on an
BA->adapter - with their PS/2 model 95 server.  There were 3 different ;processor
BA->complexes' available for that machine, a 486 and two different
Pentiums (I have
BA->one of each , all have 'issues').

Yeah, I think even IBM would admit their PS/2 line of computers had
serious problems!
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