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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Sasquatch Print
Message-ID: <697@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 4-Sep-86 00:03:46 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.697
Posted: Thu Sep  4 00:03:46 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 4-Sep-86 04:02:03 EDT
References: <225@plx.UUCP> <326@sivax.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
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In article <326@sivax.UUCP> phil@sivax.UUCP (Phil Hunt) writes:
>
>This request for a sidecar on top of the Amiga,  how about a ribbon cable
>connecting the Amiga bus to the sidecar edge,  it would be simple to make
>and allow the sidecar to be placed ANYWHERE (even the next room?)

Alas, there are two problems here:

First, FCC issues - that's a real microprocessor bus with 7MHz+ signals.  The
cable would have to very well shielded to avoid problems.

Second, the expansion connector is not buffered.  The pins connect directly to
the 68000.  If you put to much load and/or too long a wire on them, your system
will stop working, or a least become quite flakey.
-- 
George Robbins - now working with,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)