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From: alverson@decwrl.DEC.COM (Robert Alverson)
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Subject: Re: Sasquatch Print
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Date: Thu, 4-Sep-86 20:37:23 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  4 20:37:23 1986
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First of all, let's not say a stackable expansion box is impossible.
But, simple solutions will have undesirable features.  A ribbon cable
will probably increase crosstalk between signals on the bus as well
as increase the ringing noise on the signals.  These combine to
produce RFI and less reliable bus operation.  But, hey, IBM made
an expansion box for the PC that solved these problems.  The same
ideas can be applied here.  The only price is that expansion memory
will probably have to run with the dreaded wait states.  At least
operations to local memory will not be degraded.

Bob