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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Hacking another XT slot on an A3000
Keywords: A3000, hardware, expansion
Message-ID: <21090@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 30 Apr 91 23:13:13 GMT
References: <1991Apr25.220049.15163@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Apr25.220049.15163@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> wille@frith.msu.edu (Jeffrey M. Wille) writes:
>I'm in desperate need of an additional XT slot on my A3000 and
>I would like to know if the following ought to work (in theory
>of course).  I won't blame you if it doesn't. :-) 

In theory, that should work.  The hard part would be the mechanicals.  XT bus
is too slow to really have much trouble over an inch of ribbon cable.  If it's
a reasonably loaded thing in the slot, though, I would run heavier wire over
for +5V and GND, and probably a capacitor or two (10uF, 0.1uF) between power
and ground, just to be safe.  

-- 
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