in 1993 The dream of a budget Digidesign multitrack hard disk recording and editing system came a little closer with the launch of the PC-based Session 8 Digital Studio, comprising software, audio interface box and fader control surface, with prices ranging from £3599 to £5400 for eight audio tracks.
the pc version was an isa card (
http://www.oldschooldaw.com/forums/index.php?topic=587.0)
the mac version was a nubus card
not sure if there ever was a pci version i think the pc version was an ISA card
seen here:
http://www.oldschooldaw.com/forums/index.php?topic=587.msg610#msg610http://archive.digidesign.com/download/legacy/s8mac/https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/5154-digidesign-session-8-setup/the author of this thread found that he could not have partitions larger then 4gb and have the session 8 card work
changing from 8gb partition to 2 x 4gb partitions fixed a problem for him
System Requirements:
Session 8 hardware
NuBus card: Pro Tools Project (formerly Session 8 Mac SCSI)
Audio interface: 882 I/O, 882 Studio I/O, 888 I/O
Legacy Hardware Section
A Macintosh IIci or faster (i.e. Macintosh IIfx, Quadra or PowerMac series, Centris 650), equipped with a standard NuBus interface and at least 8 megabytes of RAM.
System 7.1 or higher.
32-Bit addressing must be enabled.
DAE version 1.1 or higher and DigiSystem Init 2.6 or higher are required to run with version 1.1 of Session 8. These files are installed by the Session 8 Installer.
https://www.rapmag.com/index.php/archives/281-1990s/94/mar94/1115-test-drive-the-digidesign-session-8http://web.archive.org/web/19970516080033/http://www.digidesign.com:80/html/faqs/faqs8mac.html http://web.archive.org/web/19970516080047/http://www.digidesign.com:80/html/faqs/faqs8pc.html