Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!shlump.dec.com!frambo.dec.com From: balzer@frambo.dec.com ( aka Christian Balzer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga in the real world - a real application Message-ID: <3100@shlump.dec.com> Date: 21 Jun 89 15:01:33 GMT Sender: news@shlump.dec.com Organization: DEC SWAS Franfurt/W.Germany Lines: 68 In article <24218@srcsip.UUCP>, carpent@coltrane.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Todd Carpenter) writes... > >*GOOD NEWS* > You can say that again!!! >Ha! I was in a meeting discussing a new project. The platform of choice was >an I*M peecee. After recovering from various fits, I put forth "Why not an >Amiga?" since I would be doing the work, and if I *had* to, I could get the AT >card for my 2000. Would you believe it? Nah, I must be dreamin... >They are actually interested! Even >without the peecee side, if I can do everything from the Amiga end... > >What we *need*: > >1) Minimum of 5 RS232 ports. So, where is the ASDG multi serial card? Is it >out? How much? Does it work? Any others out there? > Perry reads this group and will probably bury you under informative material. :-) Check out if the A2232 is available by now. This card is from CBM and features 7 ports up to 19200 baud. >2) What about 488 cards? Are they available? > Dunno, could it be you're talking about RS-422??? >3) Small hard drive (40-80MB). I can probably handle this, unless someone has >some favorites. Or flames. > If you're into performance, get a nice looking SCSI HD and a DMA controller like the CBM 2090a, Microbotics HardFrame or the Supra DMA controller. The order in which these controller appear reflects my opinion on them. >4) Monitors. See (3) > Dunno :-) > >Now, I have never really paid attention to the I*M half of the machine. Do we >*really* have compatibility? If I get the AT Bridgecard, could I plug in (and >have function properly) most/many/some/few/none PC accessaries? Is the PC bus >pin/plug compatible? If we don't get the AT card, do we still have access to >the PC bus? The compatiblity is VERY high (about 98%) and the bus itself is 100%. You may plug in up to 3 PC cards, if you solder two more slots in, all of 'em could be 16bit AT style ones. You need a bridgeboard to get to the PC slots. > >========================= > >This may have to go "out in the field." Has anyone had good/bad experience >moving their beast outdoors? How shock proof is it? (If it is as good as your >typical PC, it is certainly good enough) I bang my system around alot, sometimes even running. As long as you don't use lousy HDs or forget to tie the screws (happened to me once), noooo problem. Hope that helps, - -- _ _ / / | \ \ aka Christian Balzer - The Software Brewery - < < |-< > EMail: ...!decwrl!frambo.dec.com!CB -OR- CB@frambo.dec.com \ \_ |_/ / E-Net: FRAMBO::BALZER | Home-Phone: +49 6150 4151 (CET!) ------------ PMail: Im Wingertsberg 45, D-6108 Weiterstadt, F.R.G.