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From: drysdale@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Drysdale)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A silly question...
Keywords: IBM-PC, Bridgeboard, silly
Message-ID: <20857@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 22 Apr 91 22:02:30 GMT
References: <3216@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU> <1991Apr21.225048.6100@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
Reply-To: drysdale@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Drysdale)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Apr21.225048.6100@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
>  If I remember correctly, the power is not connected unless there is
>a Bridgeboard present. Otherwise the only use for these slots is to 
>mount hard drives on dead circuit boards plugged into the IBM slots.
>I guess you could also hook up an external modem and mount it here.

you do not remember correctly :)

the bridge slots are indeed powered even with no bridgecard.  they look
like a passive AT backplane - power and wires, no active signals.

>    David Tiberio  SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481  AMIGA  DDD-MEN  Tomas Arce 

  --Scotty
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