1 Dec
2000
1 Dec
'00
9:57 a.m.
At 08:58 AM 12/1/00 -0500, you wrote:
Not that I know a lot about the Amiga, but don't
some come with ISA slots?
If so, maybe a jumperable NE2000 clone might work on the cheap?
The big-box machines (A2000, A3000, A4000) all come with ISA slots, which
are inline with the Zorro-II/III slots. The thing is, without a
bridgeboard installed, the ISA slots aren't active. They require the
bridgeboards, whether from CBM or others, to generate the various signals
on the bus. Of course, with them being inline with the Zorro slots, any
bridgeboard/ISA combination you install blocks the usage of at least two
Zorro slots.
Jeff
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2 Dec
4:46 a.m.
Jeff Hellige skrev:
At 08:58 AM 12/1/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Not that I know a lot about the Amiga, but don't some come with ISA slots?
>If so, maybe a jumperable NE2000 clone might work on the cheap?
The big-box machines (A2000, A3000, A4000) all come
with ISA slots, which
are inline with the Zorro-II/III slots. The thing is, without a
bridgeboard installed, the ISA slots aren't active. They require the
bridgeboards, whether from CBM or others, to generate the various signals
on the bus. Of course, with them being inline with the Zorro slots, any
bridgeboard/ISA combination you install blocks the usage of at least two
Zorro slots.
That depends on form factors, of course. While most Zorro cards indeed are
full-length, there is a number of shorter cards which will work in tandem with
a half-length ISA card. My mate with an ISA NE2000 has got a Buddha IDE
controller in the Zorro slot behind the NIC, for example. There were some SCSI
controllers of such length, too.
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7:15 a.m.
At 04:46 PM 12/2/00 +0100, you wrote:
That depends on form factors, of course. While most
Zorro cards indeed are
full-length, there is a number of shorter cards which will work in tandem
with
a half-length ISA card. My mate with an ISA NE2000 has
got a Buddha IDE
controller in the Zorro slot behind the NIC, for example. There were some
SCSI
controllers of such length, too.
Ahhh...I've never had a Zorro board of that form factor. I don't think my
Multiface II was that form factor either, though it was smaller than most
other Zorro boards.
Jeff
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4 p.m.
Jeff Hellige skrev:
At 04:46 PM 12/2/00 +0100, you wrote:
That depends on form factors, of course. While
most Zorro cards indeed are
full-length, there is a number of shorter cards which will work in tandem
with
a half-length ISA card. My mate with an ISA NE2000
has got a Buddha IDE
controller in the Zorro slot behind the NIC, for example. There were some
SCSI
>controllers of such length, too. Ahhh...I've never had a Zorro board of that form
factor. I don't think my
Multiface II was that form factor either, though it was smaller than most
other Zorro boards.
The Buddha is really miniscule, just a 4?12 cm or so piece of board with some
rows of pins for flat cables. As for SCSI controllers, I believe the Trumpcard
or Grandslam ones are small, too. After all, they were designed to fit into
an external A500 case as well. The MFC, at least version 3, should also do it,
but I haven't got the hardware at hand in order to check it out.
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