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- From: scm@mfltd.co.uk (Shaun C. Murray)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Amiga WALKER (new slot-box)
- Date: 15 Mar 1996 11:35:33 GMT
- Organization: Micro Focus, Newbury UK
- Message-ID: <4ibkm5$pk9@hyperion.mfltd.co.uk>
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- In article <1545.6644T1130T2959@netspace.net.au>, astroboy@netspace.net.au
- says...
- >
- >
- >>3. PC HD Floppy controller, so we get high-density back.
- >
- >? How does this work? It certainly couldn't cope with 1.76Mb floppy disks?
-
- Personally I don't care one jot if it supports 1.76Mb Amiga disks. All the
- software you can get comes on 880Kb disks. As long as it still supports that
- it's fine by me. I do require 1.44Mb PC disk compatibility as it makes
- transferring stuff between PC's and Macs easy.
-
- I don't backup onto floppies and even if I did, the difference between 1.44
- and 1.76Mb would hardly be a concern. Who uses floppies these days?
-
-
- >>4. The slot inside is a CPU slot.
- >
- >So there's still no way to get a graphics card into it. Not interested.
-
- CPU slot is a good idea as you can then upgrade to PPC / 060 later and CPU
- card manufacturers now only have to make one card form. Graphics cards are
- obviously possible with the stackable boxes. It would be nice if the base unit
- allowed at least one Zorro III or PCI card but I can live with buying extra
- boxes. It allows you to start cheap and then expand. This is something Amiga
- owners have always done.
-
- >
- >>5. Additional stackable units can be added to it, to add only the expansion
- >> you need. Build a tower, or whatever.
- >
- >Hmmm... sounds a little dodgy. I would have expected a couple of real slots
- >(either Zorro or some PCI-adapted interface).
-
- Why dodgy? Motorola's really sexy boxes stack like this too with inter-box
- connectors. Cool stuff.
-
- I don't know if there is a limit on the number of boxes that can be stacked
- but could you imagine if each box had say four PCI / Zorro III slots with
- Alpha cards in each. Just keep stacking Alpha boxes until you either a) have
- enough power or b) run out of money ;-)
-
- >
- >>This is apparently in the prototype, soon to be shown. I have heard rumor
- >>one of the things included in 3.2 is some sort of networking support, and
- >>this seems to be supported by someone adding a parallel port (usable for
- >>networking with a Parnet cable). Why else would you use
- >>2 parallel ports?
-
- This would be cool. Some sort of TCP/IP with PLIP device for local networks.
-
-
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- Shaun C. Murray | e-mail: scm@mfltd.co.uk
- Micro Focus Ltd, Newbury, UK. | www: http://www.mfltd.co.uk/~scm/
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