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From: rb@ccird1.UUCP (Rex Ballard)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Questions on memory expans. and hard disks
Message-ID: <407@ccird1.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-May-86 19:48:31 EDT
Article-I.D.: ccird1.407
Posted: Thu May  8 19:48:31 1986
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References: <1974@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> <1026@amiga.amiga.UUCP> <230@chronon.chronon.UUCP>
Reply-To: rb@ccird1.UUCP (Rex Ballard)
Organization: CCI Rochester Development, Rochester NY
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Summary: Good news, bad news?

In article <230@chronon.chronon.UUCP> eric@chronon.UUCP (Eric Black) writes:
>In article <1026@amiga.amiga.UUCP> bobp@snake.UUCP (Robert S. Pariseau) writes:
>>Comspec Communications Inc., is shipping 2 Megabyte memory expansions for
>>Their box is about the size of a paperback dictionary.
>
>[BTW Bob -- the expansion documentation packet is GREAT!  Even sample
>circuits and PAL EQUATIONS to handle the autoconfig protocol!  Hate
>that form factor, though!  That MicroForge box is absurdly huge sitting
>next to the Amiga, and the spec pretty much says it has to be that big,
>and has to sit RIGHT THERE]
>-- 

Great, Amiga has finally come up with documentation on "good expansion"
standards, looking forward to seeing what come out.

Questions:  Can't you connect the Amiga to the Expansion devices
via something like a ribbon cable?  Do you HAVE do buy a big
CAGE (remember the TI 99/4)?  Could accessories be added in
daisy chain fashion?  Could someone come up with a "card case" to
slip over the bare cards so you could go either way (cage or
ribbon cables)?  I'm kind of glad Amiga didn't follow the IBM/APPLE/
S-100 convention of a "rigid backplane" in the main box, but it
would be so nice to be able to choose between a $30 "ribbon bus" and
$300 "cage", especially since one might only need 1 or 2 "slots"
at first, but might need 8 later on.

Could someone provide a semi-brief description of what the "expansion"
should be?