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- From: ins739l@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au (William Fang)
- Subject: Re: Falcon '030 BUS: 16 or 32 bit?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.010420.21456@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
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- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 01:04:20 GMT
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- Marinos Yannikos (nino@vmars.tuwien.ac.at) wrote:
- : DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu () writes:
- : : [...]
- : : Good. Too bad that the Falcon is yet another closed Atari box, while C=
- : : has managed to put in a decent level of expandability for a low-end
- : : machine (PCMCIA plus a -complete- expansion connector for anything from
- : : simple fast RAM cards to '030/'040 accelerators).
- : :
- : PCMCIA? What's that? Some kind of standard? I don't think so.
-
- Yes, PCMCIA is a standard. It is used for plug-n-play modems, fax cards,
- NFS lan cards, RAM, etc for lap-top computers. IBM, Apple, HP, Amstrad, Sharp
- and a plethora of other portable clone makers support this standard.
-
- : The Falcon at least has a built-in SCSI-2 connector, which you have to
- : pay for if you want to use even plain SCSI drives, as well as a
- : "-complete- expansion connector", whatever you mean by that.
-
- If you're talking about the processor direct slot on the Falcon, it's not
- a "-complete- expansion connector" in the sense it's only 16bit where as
- the Amiga 1200 slot is 32 bits and a bit more flexible with regards to
- peripherals attached.
-
- As for SCSI-2, yes it would be nice on the Amiga1200. The 2.5" IDE connector
- is okay for home use as most people don't need more than two hard-drive.
-
- : -MY
-
- Regards,
-
- Jim Fang
-
-