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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: blanning on January 02, 2010, 03:18:18 AM
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I have the sandwich board. I noticed that when you plug it into the left 16-bit isa slot, the sandwich board covers the other 16-bit isa slot. :-P So when you move it over into the other one so that there's no isa slot for the sandwich board to overhang, it partially covers another zorro slot.
I can just barely get the deneb into that zorro slot. <:-O No thanks. I think I'll live with another missing zorro slot since I have some open.
And what's up with designing the motherboard for 16 bit isa slots, then skipping the 16-bit connectors? What were they thinking?
brian
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They weren't. 8-bit architecture was what they were thinking any sane Amiga user could tolerate for a few minutes before coming back home ;)
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@ blanning
It could be worse! There was a 386 upgrade for that BridgeBoard that extended the sandwich board even further - might have even blocked a second slot, but I don't recall.
And what's up with designing the motherboard for 16 bit isa slots, then skipping the 16-bit connectors? What were they thinking?
Almost certainly cost. I'll bet engineering had to fight management to get just the 2 16-bit connectors on there.
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for a minute there I thought you were going to say "It runs DOS!"
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I was thinking "it can't do DMA!" :P