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From: panon@cheddar.cc.ubc.ca (Paul-Andre Panon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Non-Zorro slots in the Amiga 3000
Keywords: 3000 slots
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Date: 9 Dec 89 00:46:39 GMT
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In article <3751@convex.UUCP& swarren@convex.COM (Steve Warren) writes:
%There is an easy way to design zorro III so that the same space is used
%as zorro II, while allowing zorro II to plug into the same connectors:

%#I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I#  <-zorro II fingers
%#                        # <- ridge to keep zorro II boards from III fingers
%#I I I I I I I I I I I I # I I I I I I I I I I I I I I#  <-zorro III fingers

%Older boards can plug into the connector and only make contact with the
%zorro II fingers.

%Newer boards have a slice cut out of them so they can seat down into
%the ridge, and they have two rows of contacts to connect to both
%the zorro II and the zorro III fingers.

%This technique is already being used in "blue" land.  Yes, they do
%manage to do some things right out there, and I think this is a
%good example.

%--Steve
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I guess you mean the EISA kludge. Sorry, I don't consider it "doing it right".

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