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- From: Walter.Harms@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE (Walter Harms)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: cd32 as co-pro, CD and 2M RAM
- Date: 10 Jan 96 16:39:05 GMT
- Organization: C. v. Ossietzky Universitaet Oldenburg - Fachbereich Informatik
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- SPRAY_R_S_B@bt-web.bt.co.uk (Bob Spratt) writes:
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- >I might be being very thick but both the A1200 and CD32 have bus connections
- >and can access RAM and other stuff via them. How come there is no market for
- >an easy back to back connection for all the cheap CD32s out there to become
- >the CD ROM from hell for the A1200. A scsi for the CD32 might accomplish the
- >same?
-
- i was thinking about this idea some time ago, and i think it can
- be done. you can use (basicly) the r/w lines to swap between the
- processores or the /boss to take over the whole (cd32-)system.
- I have done the first with even 3 independent units and it did work
- (one was an A2000 :).
-
- walter
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