Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!jarthur!uunet!littlei!intelhf!agora!nesbbx!billsey From: billsey@nesbbx.UUCP (Bill Seymour) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: A2500 vs. A3000 Message-ID: <190a9b10.ARN006a@nesbbx.UUCP> Date: 25 Apr 91 21:30:56 GMT References: <1991Mar30.190342.7819@ariel.unm.edu><20299@cbmvax.commodore.com> Reply-To: billsey@nesbbx.UUCP Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Organization: NES, Inc. Lines: 39 In article , Dave Hansen writes: ::if you put a 2286 bridgeboard in a 3000, you'll only have 2 slots left, ::since the 2286 is a two-board stack which partially obscures the slot toward ::it's component side. ::Scott Drysdale Software Engineer ::Commodore Amiga Inc. UUCP {allegra|burdvax|rutgers|ihnp4}!cbmvax!drysdale :: PHONE - yes. ::"Have you hugged your hog today?" ::=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= : : That was a real mistake by CBM Engineering to design the 3000 tower version so : that the 2000 has more usable slots. The 2000's that I have are out of slots : as it is. I doubt if Scott was talking about the 3000 tower configuration here. His description of the physical archetecture inside a 3000 corresponds to the regular 3000, not any tower... I believe the 3000 tower version, from what I saw in the AW article, has the sams slot arraingment as the 2000 has. Except for Zorro III instead of Zorro II, or couse! : The 2286 should be redone so that it's a 486 these days, and on ONE : slot, leaving 3 MSDos slots (minimum) available and at least 4 Amiga slots : available in the 3000. Either that or we need a super-tower version of the : 3000! There's no way that could all be fit into the 3000 case. One of the biggest things you loose when you make a computer that short is the ability to mount cards in vertically. There really *is* only enough room for four cards in a 3000. The tower case version, which BTW I don't beleive has been officially announced in the US, has a *lot* more room for slots, and should fit everything a 2000 will. : voice: (708)691-4747 Internet:dhansen@amiganet.chi.il.us -Bill Seymour nesbbx!billsey@agora.uucp or nesbbx!billsey@agora.rain.com ***** American People/Link Amiga Zone Hardware Specialist NES*BILL ***** Bejed, Inc. NES, Inc. NAG BBS NES BBX BBS Home Sometimes (503)281-8153 (503)246-9311 (503)656-7393 (503)640-9337 (503) 640-0842