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- From: Ken@kenwyn.demon.co.uk (Ken)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: 1200 Tower kit
- Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 07:55:27 GMT
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- On 03-Mar-96 12:12:39, Martyn Weber wrote this about Re: 1200 Tower kit;
- > Greenl wrote:
- >> Conclusion: the Micronik 1200 kit will work well, is nicely made, and looks
- >> good. Just plan on using the Phase 5 Blizzard 1230-IV Turbo card, if any.
- >> The tower gives you five Z II slots and four PC-AT slots. It comes with a
- >> CBM keyboard case and cable kit which accepts your 1200 keyboard.
-
- > I have a couple of extra questions, you might be able to answer?
-
- I'm using an older revision board with a Blizzard 1260 and it's fairly
- functional.
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- > If you have a Blizzard board with a SIMM on it, can you keep the SIMM in
- > place or use it else where or do you have to by a ZII memory board?
-
- You can and would be better off not using memory in the ZII slots as
- this would be 16bit and would only slow down the machine. Virtual memory
- would be a better option as it is 32bit and at any rate the ZII memory
- would be limited to 8meg max.
-
- > Can you make use of the AT slots, specifically if I put a PC ethernet
- > card in there is it possible to use it from the Amiga side (the same
- > question would apply to a high speed serial board)?
-
- This /*should*/ be possible with the GoldenGateII installed.
-
- > Thanks in advance
-
-
- Ken...................
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