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Cloners push speed at Comdex (Computerworld, 16 Nov 1987)
Western Digital Holds a Winning Hand with the WD30-WDM System (Computer Shopper Magazine, May 1988, Vol. 8, No. 5)
The Computer Chronicles - Comdex 1987 (YouTube)
Overview
WD30-WDM Planar
Overview
WD30-WDM is an Intel 8086-based motherboard said to be 100% compatible with PS/2 Model 30.
The motherboard contains:
- Paradise Systems, Inc. (WD) PVGA1 video graphics adapter
- Western Digital's floppy disk and hard disk controllers
- two serial ports and one parallel port
- Keyboard port and mouse port
- Reset port and front-panel port
The board was priced at $795, but it's unclear whether it ever reached
serial production or was sold commercially.
WD30-WDM Planar
WD30-WDM
![[P]](/other/img/photo.gif "Front")
(photos from Computer Shopper Magazine, May 1988)
The board displayed at Comdex 1987 featured a completely different layout -
see HERE.
| ![[P]](WD30-WDM_Photo_Front_alt.jpg "Front (alt)"){kind=small}
