Background to Test Computer Report

A claim was made that a computer bought specifically for use with an add in hardware card did not have an available connection for the card and would not work with the card when a connection was made available.

It was claimed that the order for the computer was placed by telephone and that the requirement for a particular connection (an ISA slot) was mentioned during the telephone call.  It was also claimed that the computer initially supplied did not have an ISA slot and that each of the three computers supplied as replacements variously did not work with the card or did not have an ISA slot.

I reported on the specification of each of the four computers and on the results of tests using the card in each