Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!helios.ee.lbl.gov!hellgate.utah.edu!cs.utah.edu!derhak From: derhak@cs.utah.edu (Maxim Derhak) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: IBM cards in the Amiga Summary: It does exist Keywords: dumb bridgeboard Message-ID: <1990Jul24.114624.5344@hellgate.utah.edu> Date: 24 Jul 90 17:46:24 GMT References: <1990Jul20.172301.6908@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <13381@cbmvax.commodore.com> Sender: Max Derhak Distribution: comp Organization: University of Utah CS Dept Lines: 42 X-Local-Date: 24 Jul 90 10:46:24 PDT In article <13381@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax (Dave Haynie) writes: >That's something we've been proposing for years. It's called a "dumb" >bridge card; basically just a bus translator to go between Amiga and >PC/AT. No one has yet publically admitted to having built one, but it could >certainly be done. > But it has been done. Spirit Technologies has developed such a card. It's called the AX-S hardware interface, adapter, interpreter. Last weekend a representative came to our users group and showed it off. Currently it works by connecting to the bus on a 1000/500, and connects to a seperate PC case which has an AT bus. They have developed a bridge type card for this system which coverts signals back and forth. They are working on getting the card to work in a 2000. In the case is also an extra Amiga Slot for adding memory and such (They have an octabyte board that goes on the amiga side of the expansion cabinet.) In their pamplet they openly say that this is not a amiga expansion cabinet to give 2000 zorro slots. Its just an expansion to an ibm bus, without the ibm cpu. They are developing an AX-S Resource Library for making drivers, and from the docs it appears that they are willing to provide it to developers. For more information people can call Spirit at 1-800-433-7572, or write to Sprit Technology 220 West 2950 South SLC, Utah 84115 Please note that I have nothing to do with Spirit Techonlogies, I am just repeating what I heard at the meeting. Please contact them with any questions you might have. > >-- >Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests" > {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: hazy BIX: hazy > The Dave Haynie branch of the New Zealand Fan Club Max Derhak ========================================================================== Lekarz THE //\/\ //| \ / # Max Derhak (derhak@cs.utah.edu) :^> od \\ // \ //-| X # After all is said and done, a heck of Raju! \X/ \// | / \ o a lot more is said and done. - Murphy