Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!percy!parsely!agora!billsey From: billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: A3000 & Unix Message-ID: <1990May27.172139.13851@agora.uucp> Date: 27 May 90 17:21:39 GMT References: <3399@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> <2028@agora.UUCP> <1990May5.200030.17439@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Reply-To: billsey@.UUCP (Bill Seymour) Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.tech Organization: Betazoid Central Lines: 44 In article <1990May5.200030.17439@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> dailey@cpsin2.uucp (Chris Dailey) writes: :In article <2028@agora.UUCP> billsey@.UUCP (Bill Seymour) writes: ::(I'd also like more slots... The five slot limit in ::the 2000 is always hitting home... I have a *lot* more than five expansion ::cards, and would like to not have to tear my machine apart each time I need ::to use a different setup.) : :What sort of cards do you have? You won't need a card space for a :flicker fixer or a SCSI interface, they're both built in on board. That :leaves quite a few left. Also, if you have a BridgeBoard and a VGA :card, it is my understanding that you wouldn't need it on the 3000. The built in flicker fixer only saves me space on the video buss, not on Zorro space and the Bridgeboard is still a viable card for the 3000, it's certainly not built in! Well, let's see, today I have a HD interface, a serial/parallel interface, a modem, a memory board and a bridgeboard. Two of those would go away in a 3000 (the HD interface and the memory board). I also have a network card (not installed... Today) and a multiport serial card (also not installed... Today) That brings me back to five slots filled on a 3000 that only has four slots... But I suppose it means I would only have a couple of different systems to work with, instead of four or five. :-( Note that although I said that I wouldn't need to put the memory board in the 3000, I can see where not too far down the road, a memory board would be nice... After all, if we can outgrow 512K and 2M, we can outgrow 18M... Right now, when I have the bridge installed, leaving me with only 7M, I *do* run low once in a while... Then I just pull the bridge and go to 9M... But I've found that my usage grows to fit the available space. :: -Bill Seymour ...tektronix!reed!percival!agora!billsey :-- : /~\ Chris Dailey (subliminal message: make WP5.1 for the Amiga) : C oo dailey@cpsin1.cps.msu.edu ('finger' me. I dare ya.) : _( ^) "I am thankful for one leg. To limp is no disgrace -- :/ ~\ I may not be number one, but I can still run the race." -from B.C. -Bill Seymour ...tektronix!reed!percival!agora!billsey ============================================================================= Bejed, Inc. NES, Inc. Northwest Amiga Group At Home Sometimes (503) 281-8153 (503) 246-9311 (503) 656-7393 BBS (503) 640-0842