28 Jun
2001
28 Jun
'01
7:37 a.m.
Chad Fernandez wrote:
Well, I never heard of Zorro, and I wouldn't know
Turbochannel if I saw
it. I suspect PCI doesn't use jumpers because most cards are, "Plug and
Play". Besides, PCI wasn't around when Microchannel was king of the
corporate world.
Zorro is a bus standard used on the Amiga. The so-called 'big box' Amigas
(A1500, A2000, A3000, A4000) and A1200 busboard expansions allow the use of
Zorro graphics, TV, sounds, and network expansion cards. An unofficial
upgrade - called Z4 - was launched about two years ago. It provides some
speed improvement, but is badly supported.
On a related note, many Amiga developers are experiencing a culture shock
when moving to Amiga PCI drivers, in comparison to the limited Zorro
solutions.
http://www.amiga.org/article.php?sid=1043&mode=thread&order=0
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