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From: miner@ulowell.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Whither Zorro?
Message-ID: <1045@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu>
Date: Sun, 15-Feb-87 10:13:41 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 15 10:13:41 1987
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Reply-To: miner@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu (Richard Miner)
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In article  mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) writes:
>So now that the 2000 is coming out with its own expansion bus
>Did all of the work people put into designing zorro boards go to waste?

Much of the work that goes into making Zorro cards is handling auto-
configuration and bus arbitration.  The new form factor is just that, a 
different size card.  Previous work is NOT wasted, just some additional 
work has to be done.  Lets here it for PC-Board CAD :-).

>A1000 AND A2000 owners will have to wait another 6 months before the
>third party manufacturers can re-work their product lines

Most hardware vendors have known about and been developing products
based on the new form factor for a while.  I was ordering a card the
other day and was asked "new form factor or old?"

>Or does the 2000 have Zorro compatibility in its slots (I sure hope so)?

From the pictures I saw in the premature _Compute_ article it looked like 
a hacksaw would make the slots compatible.

We have invested in an Ameristar expansion box.  What we are doing is taking
the backplane out of the box (it was big anyway) and laying it next to the
Amiga. We will eventually build new shell for it more conforming to new cards.
-- 
Rich Miner   ...!wanginst!ulowell!miner
Ulowell, Center for Productivity Enhancement        (617) 452-5000 x2693
HAL hears the Amiga9000 series is starting to sell. "Whats the beef Dave.
Why the sudden change in sales?" Bowman replies, "Your now IBM compatible."