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From: kim@amdahl.UUCP (Kim DeVaughn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Vaporware
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Date: Tue, 11-Nov-86 16:04:28 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 11 16:04:28 1986
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In article <1133@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>, news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Usenet netnews) writes:
>                                                     The real and serious
> problems with this product is that it is a closed ended peripheral(it does
> NOT pass the bus) and it HAS to be the first peripheral on the bus.  This
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> means you can have NO other periperals on the bus, bad news.

Are you sure of this?  When I saw the demo of the Sidecar that was given
by RJ Mical to the BADGE group, this question came up.  My recollection
is that RJ said it did *not* have to be the first/only peripheral on the
expansion buss.  Of course things may have changed since then ...

/kim


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