Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!crdgw1!vdsvax!perley
From: perley@vdsvax.crd.ge.com (Perley Donald P)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Wish I had an Amiga 1500
Message-ID: <8823@vdsvax.crd.ge.com>
Date: 9 Jul 89 12:47:20 GMT
References: <20219@cup.portal.com> <314@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
Reply-To: perley@vdsvax.crd.ge.com (Perley Donald P)
Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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In article <314@tardis.Tymnet.COM> jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) writes:
>In article <20219@cup.portal.com> Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com writes:
>>      Does Commodore have any plans for a 2000 or, better yet a 2500
>>relieved of alllll its IBM compatibility???  I need bridgecards and
>>IBM slots about as much as I need a hole in the head.  I DO, however,
>>have great need of room for Amiga slots and a faster processor and


>The IBM compatibility consists of four 64-pin sockets, two 36-pin sockets, a
>set of termination resistors/capacitors, and traces on the printed circuit
>board connecting all this together.  That's all there is!  Redesigning the
>motherboard without those IBM slots won't bring down the price much.

The point isn't just the cost.  As it is now there are less amiga
slots than there could be. The way the busses are set up, you get a
choice of 2 positions for mounting the bridgecard, depending on whether
you want to maximize the number of amiga or pc slots.  I can't look now
(since I am using the computer to write this :-), but is there any
reason not to extend this theme so the bridge could go in the last slot
if desired?  Then if you skip the bridge altogether, all the slots could
be used for amiga cards.

-don perley


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