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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New Stuff...
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Date: 30 Dec 90 12:55:37 GMT
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In <1038.277C32DA@weyr.FIDONET.ORG>, David.Plummer@f70.n140.z1.FIDONET.ORG (David Plummer) writes:
>Another question among the "hardware wanna-be" thread:  are the proper
>lines passed on the A500 expansion slot to create an A2320
>(deinterlacer) circuit?

No.
 
>And another... why doesn't the A590 provide a pass through?

This is a two part question. The first part is "Why?". People always ask that
question, and have, since the beginning of humanity. The best philosophers have
been unable to definitively answer it, and the discussion of the attempts to do
so are beyond the scope of this newsgroup.

The second part of this question is "Doesn't the A590 provid a pass through?"
The answer to this part is easier. No, it does not provide a pass through.

<sorry, couldn't resist>

Seriously, the A500 was designed to fit a particular niche, at a substantially
lower cost. It was not meant to be as expandable as the 2000 or 3000. Adding a
pass through would violate the spec that CBM mandates for the expansion
connector.

-larry

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