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- From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Idea with the 1200
- Message-ID: <37118@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 22:27:50 GMT
- References: <pad.721977666@probitas>
- Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- In article <pad.721977666@probitas> pad@probitas.cs.utas.edu.au (Paul A Daniels) writes:
- >
- > The 1200 has a very extensive port in the trap door.
- > As ZorroIII can run ZorroII cards and ZorroII is has a compatable pin
- > out to the old 500. Is it feesable to run a connector from the trapdoor
- > of the 1200 that could use an 500 peripheral?
-
- No, since the internal bus is a 14MHz "68020" bus, not a 7MHz "68000" bus.
-
- > Can this line of attack be taken one step futher, with termination
- > could you infact add a number of ZorroIII slots, or is there soemthing missing?
-
- You might be able to design a bus converter/buffer card that would do the
- neccessary electrical gyrations, but unless you pop the board out of the A1200
- casework and mount it in an expansion box, then you would have real mechanical
- design problems.
-
- I'm sure some folks will try this, but I'd have to recommend getting one of
- the systems we sell with slots already included...
-
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