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- From: peterk@combo.ganesha.com (Dr. Peter Kittel)
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.networking,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Reply-To: peterk@combo.ganesha.com
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- Message-ID: <peterk.0m28@combo.ganesha.com>
- Date: 27 Mar 96 20:20:03 MEZ
- Organization: Private Site
-
- [I took the freedom and added to the long list of newsgroups csa.hardware,
- where this all normally belongs.]
-
- In article <4j3uf3$lbt@nntpb.cb.att.com> rmb@hercules.cb.att.com (59532-Richard M Brack(CB2008)000) writes:
- >In article <peterk.0lvx@combo.ganesha.com>,
- >Dr. Peter Kittel <peterk@combo.ganesha.com> wrote:
- >>
- >>The box casing is two part, upper and lower, and you can insert a
- >>middle part. On the mainboard, there is an expansion connector which
- >>can take a daughter board or riser card which carries standard slots
- >>like Zorro, PCI, Amiga Video or the like. The more slots you put on
- >>this daughter board, the higher the middle part will be. Thus it's
- >>an extremely flexible design.
- >
- >can you only add one middle part? or can you insert middle slices
- >as necessary? i think the idea is really great, and i guess i'm one
- >of the few that actually likes the case! :-)
-
- I don't know who brought up this idea of "slices". Please take into
- consideration that this is a many-MHz-processor-bus, where every
- connector adds reflections to the signal lines and makes them worse.
- So the two connectors (first on the motherboard, second on the
- daughterboard) are already more than enough. You won't dare to torture
- such signals through a daisy chain of a dozen connectors.
-
- People obviously compare this to HiFi systems where such stacked designs
- exist, at frequencies of a factor 1,000 less (tens of Kilohertz vs.
- tens of Megahertz)... No way with processors.
-
- --
- Best Regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // Visit http://www.amiga.de
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