Old computers and video cards

[CyberHawk]

hi i just acquired this super old computer that i found on the curb, i believe it is a real antique specifications are as follow:

Leading Edge MP-1676L

1 5.25" floppy drive
Miniscribe 3012 5.25" half-height hard drive
Mitsubishi P/S (this thing is huge)
Mitsubishi Mother board MV-O (this is the only writing it has)
08088-2 processor
6 8-bit slots
the cards it has are:
RLL HDD card
External drive card
RAM card
25 pin serial port card
Monochrome monitor/Parallel port card

last time i tried this computer it had a CP/M and nSTAR operating system. What im trying to do is i would like to know if i could install a 16 bit video card on a 8 bit slot, since my old IBM Monochrome monitor is in its last days i want to use a regular cheap svga monitor (it doenst matter to me if the output is monochrome) . The thing is i dont want to try it without knowing if installing a card in such a manner can ruin a computer. and this a computer i would like to keep in working condition

any help and advice welcome thank you very much

[ale52]

No, you can't (physically) install a 16-bit card in an 8-bit slot (you can visa-versa though).    It would probably blow out the computer because each of those points-of-connection is either voltage, data or nothing.  You plug in the wrong card and it isn't going to work.  Bummer, I know.  

Alan <><  

[GX1_Man]

I suggest giving up on this project for a LOT of reasons.  

[pcj240ross]

Why in the world would you want to get that peice of scrap metal working?, Jut go ebaying if you really need one

[CyberHawk]

i see, so then i guess ill just leave this at that,

i just happen to collect these things,
i have a couple of old computers like the Altair 8800, IBM 5160, Molecular Computer, etc
and some really old printers like the IBM 1403,
and various panels and Mobos from old machines.

[Raptor]

If it fits, you can do it?

[SteveM]

last time i tried this computer (Molecular) it had a CP/M and nSTAR operating system. What im trying to do is i would like to know if i could install a 16 bit video card on a 8 bit slot, since my old IBM Monochrome monitor is in its last days i want to use a regular cheap svga monitor (it doenst matter to me if the output is monochrome) . The thing is i dont want to try it without knowing if installing a card in such a manner can ruin a computer. and this a computer i would like to keep in working condition

any help and advice welcome thank you very much

Hello.  I know this is an old post, but I am looking for schematics for an APX Board.  Do you have any info??
=Steve.