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- From: peterk@combo.ganesha.com (Dr. Peter Kittel)
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
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- References: <2937.6638T1404T1877@mozart.inet.co.th> <peterk.0lkl@combo.ganesha.com> <1791.6662T1223T1526@interport.net>
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- Date: 3 Apr 96 18:50:09 MEZ
- Organization: Private Site
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- In article <1791.6662T1223T1526@interport.net> mikes@interport.net (Mike Smith) writes:
- >
- >>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.
- >
- >So is it one section that you can add for boards? How tall?
-
- Dunno, but I see no principal problem in designing a daughterboard
- with, say, 8 slots. And what I added in another posting, you could
- of course add more "slices", if they contain other stuff, like drives
- or other peripherals, but not slots.
-
- > Now a very important question!!- If I buy an '060 board (probabably a Cyberstorm II)
- >for my Amiga 3000 Tower, will I eventually be able to transfer it to the Walker??
-
- Sorry, I cannot answer this yet. The base architecture is more or less
- the A1200, a bit enhanced. I don't know enough about the A3000 CPU slot
- to tell whether you can put such a slot on such a motherboard. Dave can
- tell more, I'm sure.
-
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