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From: monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Non-Zorro slots in the Amiga 3000
Keywords: 3000 slots
Message-ID: <569@sagpd1.UUCP>
Date: 21 Dec 89 16:21:43 GMT
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Reply-To: monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine)
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In article <15126@well.UUCP> farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren) writes:
>In article <557@sagpd1.UUCP> monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine) writes:
>
>The last time I saw the EISA spec (admittedly, only a quick look), I saw
>one, and only one, alignment device - a key which fit into a slot approximately
>halfway down the card-edge on an EISA card, and which would, supposedly,
>block a non-EISA card from being inserted fully.             ^^^^^^^^^^
    
    Why supposedly? Have you ever tried to plug a circuit card in that had
    a key slot in it that didn'ty match the key it was being pluged into?
    T'ain't easy my friend. Also remember that connectors have ends that also
    guide a card in otherwise you would run the risk of doing what you fear
    plugging in any pc card.
>
>By the way - ascribing this to "big blue" is one of the funniest bits
>of total mistake I've seen in this group for months.  Big Blue (IBM to you),
of course, promotes the MicroChannel bus, not EISA - a bus design brought
>out solely to stick it to "big blue".  (Fat chance, IMHO, but we'll see...)
    
    On this you are totally correct. I "blue"d it by mistake and appoligize
    to the net for spreading this error.

    Monty Saine