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From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 1000, and Micron Technologies single slot chassies
Message-ID: <3101@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jan 88 19:27:43 GMT
References: <22333@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
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in article <22333@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, bryce@hoser.berkeley.edu (Bryce Nesbitt) says:

> Also, the "EINIT" lines on the A2000 would need to be considered a Zorro
> "superset", no?

No, that's technically a requirement of the A2000 Bus, eg. Zorro II.  It's
also impossible to achieve externally on an A1000 or A500 without some
pretty convincing magic.  There's also nothing to date that uses it, at least
to my knowledge.

I haven't seen any of the 3rd party expansion boxes up close enough to have
any comment on how close they come to full Zorro II.  If such a box will
work with the RAM card, Hard Disk card, and PC Bridge from C/A (just work, I
don't care about driving the non-existent PC bus on most A1000 card cages),
they've got to be pretty close, as these three together use most of the
Zorro II features.  I certainly wouldn't build such a box myself without
testing all three, and anything else I can get my hands on.

> 	Facts, not fluff, please!

> |\ /|  . Ack! (NAK, SOH, EOT)
> {o O} . bryce@hoser.berkeley.EDU -or- ucbvax!hoser!bryce (or try "cogsci")
>  (")
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