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From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Amiga motherboard dimensions
Message-ID: <9105081626.27@rmkhome.UUCP>
Date: 9 May 91 01:26:00 GMT
References: <1991Apr30.143013.20317@grebyn.com> <1189@cbmger.UUCP>
Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
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In article <1189@cbmger.UUCP> peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes:
>In article <1991Apr30.143013.20317@grebyn.com> ckp@grebyn.com (Checkpoint Technologies) writes:
>>
>>It would sure be nice if Commodore would make the Amiga motherboard to
>>the same form factor and mount points as the standard PC motherboard,
>                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>and then stick to it.
>
>Sorry, never seen such a beast. Every motherboard I see is of different
>size. Just look through PC magazines like Byte (:-) for all those
>Taiwanese ads for pure boards, they all differ.

Over the past couple of years I have evaluated a large number of 386 AT
boards for use in a UNIX box.  There is an AT mechanical standard for
mounting holes and for power connnector placement.  There is also a
standard for the placement of the ISA/EISA bus slots.  Without these
standards, you would not be able to buy any cabinet that you want, and
throw any motherboard that you want into it.  There is also a standard
mechanical spec for baby AT boards based on the old XT boards.

>Though the rest of your idea sounds appaling (sp?), please remember
>that also the power supplies of Amigas are *slightly* different from
>standard PC ones, they must provide that Tick signal.

Rick Kelly	rmk@rmkhome.UUCP	frog!rmkhome!rmk	rmk@frog.UUCP