Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!ns!ns!guy From: guy@ns.network.com (Guy D'Andrea) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: 16 bit IBM slots on 2000 Message-ID: <1991Mar6.135242.19572@ns.network.com> Date: 6 Mar 91 13:52:42 GMT References: <7658@uceng.UC.EDU> <19549@cbmvax.commodore.com> Sender: news@ns.network.com Distribution: na Organization: Network Systems Corporation Lines: 31 Nntp-Posting-Host: ns In article anderson@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >drysdale@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Drysdale) writes: > >>In article <7658@uceng.UC.EDU> dmartin@uceng.UC.EDU (Dale Martin) writes: >>> >>>I was noticing the other day while installing memory on >>>my 2000(HD) that the mother board has tracks run to the >>>8 bit IBM slots, beyond the length of the slot. It looks >>>like if you added a connector, you could extend your 8 >>>bit slots to 16 bit slots. My motherboard is rev 6.2. >>>Does anyone know if this is the case? > > >If this is true, where can I get the right connector? :-) It sounds like >I could connect one of those fancy 16bit SuperVGA cards to the BridgeBoard >side instead of having to hunt around for the less common 8bit VGA cards. >Thanks, >-Beej I don't know where to get the connector but as far as using a 16-bit SVGA in a 8-bit slot,... That is what I'm doing right now! I have the 2088 (XT style) Bridgeboard and bought a clone SVGA card, 512k, for $110 and it works fine, although at the speed of the XT! ;-( So you only need the Xtra slot if you have an AT Bridgeboard (except I've heard problems with some SVGA and the AT Bridgeboard) -- Guy Dandrea, Network Systems Corp. // guy@nsco.network.com #129.191.1.1 \\ // 7600 Boone Ave No, Mpls. MN 55428 \X/ 1-800-328-9108 Fax:(612)424-1736 "Me and my Amiga...anything is possible?"