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From: hood@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Hood)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A2320
Message-ID: <18576@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 5 Feb 91 15:23:23 GMT
References: <4618@mindlink.UUCP> <816@cbmger.UUCP> <91034.211900JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Reply-To: hood@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Hood)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <91034.211900JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes:
>In article <816@cbmger.UUCP>, peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) says:
>>In article <4618@mindlink.UUCP> Greg_Bastow@mindlink.UUCP (Greg Bastow)
>>writes:
>>>
>>>  Hmm, now with the 'Toaster making it's rounds into people's video slot, is
>>>Commodore re-camping this card so we can plug into an ordinary Amiga
>>>expansion slot.
>>
>>No, that's totally impossible. The video slot carries many signals not
>>available on an ordinary expansion slot. Signals of high frequency, that
>>also *must not* be led across big distances to those slots.
>
>???  If the above is true, then how is MicroWay managing their DEB
>(Denise Expansion Board) which allows the flickerFixer to reside in
>a normal slot?  What they do is connect the flickerFixer up to the Denise
>slot and piggyback the Denise Chip on their Denise connector.  But if
>the signals cannot be led across distances such as they are doing, then
>how are they doing it?  I agree with many others in this group that if
>MicroWay can do it with the flickerFixer, C= can do it with the A2320.
>
>Besides, didn't Scott Hood say he was looking into such a device??
>
>>Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions...
>>Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
>
>                                                            Kurt
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Sorry, but I DIDN'T say that I am looking into such a device!  I think
the above comment was not from a technical issue but is from an FCC
issue in that running the digital pixel data and clocks over a foot of
ribbon cable is MOST likely going to push the A2000 WAY over the FCC
class B limit for EMI emissions.  A third-party company might get away
with this but Commodore would steer clear of such a prospect.  It may be
possible that the A2320 will also work in the DEB device but I have not
tried this and do not know it if works.

Regards,
Scott Hood

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