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- From: rand@maui.netwave.net (Rand R. Fredricksen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Date: 16 Mar 1996 18:24:10 GMT
- Organization: American Information Systems, Inc.
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- Neil Scott Nadelman posted on 06-Mar-96 00:25:20, refering to Re: New Press Release! typed:
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- NSN> Jeff Grimmett (jgrimm@bitnova.com) wrote:
- NSN>: docsane@user1.channel1.com (Neil Scott Nadelman) wrote:
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- NSN>: >I like the idea that we can finally use big SIMMs, but what's with
- NSN>: >this talk of "the expansion bus" in the singular?
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- JG>: Yes, one expansion bus, the Zorro bus. That's all there ever was, or
- JG>: were you speaking of the lack of an IBM expansion bus as well? You'd
- JG>: be the first person I met that would be upset if they never put it
- JG>: in...
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- JG>: Maybe you had "bus" and "bus slot" confused?
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- JG> --
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- NSN> No, I was confused by the idea that it sounded like there'd
- NSN> only be one expansion slot in the thing. Upon further reading, it
- NSN> sounds like you'll be able to plug in daughter cards to allow for more
- NSN> slots. If they use a motherboard that's compatible with standard PC
- NSN> cases, they may even allow you to custom build your own system.
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- Kind of sounds like the A500 sidecar slot. If the 1200 had one from day one I
- would have bought one right-off. I don't like the idea of giving up my A500+
- scsi hard drive/ram expander/extra slot to gain AGA.
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- - Rand
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