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Re: A2000 Mediator??
« on: November 16, 2003, 12:23:30 AM »
Mediators do require Z3.


Now,the Mediator is actually the PCI-board with the lowest RL
transfer-rate,but even that is far to much for Zorro2.

Only chance of seeing PCI on an A2000 would be to have it connected
localy to the accelarator, but only the ancient A2630 and some GVP-boards
feature a connector that could be used for something like that. There is
also the rather small chance of getting the ColdFire-accel to work,
but that is something far in the future.
1. Make an announcment.
2. Wait a while.
3. Check if it can actually be done.
4. Wait for someone else to do it.
5. Start working on it while giving out hillarious progress-reports.
6. Deny that you have ever announced it
7. Blame someone else
 

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Re: A2000 Mediator??
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2003, 09:46:46 AM »
@AdMartin

Zorro2 and the accel-slot are roughly the same, with the main difference
that the accel ist directly connected to the 68000, while Zorro is buffered.

So,no speed gain here.
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Re: A2000 Mediator??
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2003, 02:52:24 PM »
And what would that bring ?

Note Z2 is a bus, 1 slot can use the full bandwith or you can share
the same bandwith on 2 or more slots.
1. Make an announcment.
2. Wait a while.
3. Check if it can actually be done.
4. Wait for someone else to do it.
5. Start working on it while giving out hillarious progress-reports.
6. Deny that you have ever announced it
7. Blame someone else