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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: IBM bus
Message-ID: <1257@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 31 May 91 07:44:05 GMT
References: <14289@ur-cc.UUCP>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <14289@ur-cc.UUCP> jea@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Joanne Albano) writes:
>Are there actual IBM bus slots on the A3000?

Yes, there are.

> Is it possible
>to use IBM compatible cards with a unix machine?

I fear not. You see, the slots are normally NOT connected to the Amiga
processor, only the power lines are connected. To bring them into life,
you have to throw in a Commodore Bridgeboard, which carries a whole
PC (or AT) on a card and also connects to the PC/AT slots and thus
activates their lines.

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