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From: panon@cheddar.cc.ubc.ca (Paul-Andre Panon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Non-Zorro slots in the Amiga 3000
Keywords: 3000 slots
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Date: 18 Dec 89 01:51:17 GMT
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In article <557@sagpd1.UUCP> monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine) writes:
 
>    From what I have seen of the EISA design used by big blue there are
>alignment ridges that prevent the old style boards from contacting the extra
>contacts down deeper. These samw ridges and the edges of the overall connector
>should prevent the kind of problem you fear. The killer is going to be the
>cost of these kind of "custom" connectors. Remember trying to finds a DB-23?
 
>    Monty Saine

  I don't think big blue wants credit for EISA. The problem I had in mind was
more along the lines of: somebody does not push one of the newer cards in deep
enough so that the card's bottom row of fingers is in contact with the slot
connector's upper row of contacts. Either way, there is too much potential for
something to go wrong that has to be kludged around one way or another; I can't
feel comfortable with the design.

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