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What exactly does a zorroII card look like?
« on: February 18, 2005, 12:21:21 PM »
Hi there.
Having worked with a lot of other computers, and only a500s in the Amiga range I don't really know what a Zorro II card looks like.

I saw a picture of one today. It surprised me.
Are there _any_ other cards which have the connector at the back (near the bay plate) AND at the front of the card too?

I'm asking this because years ago I was given a whole pile of computer hardware including expansion cards (a 'present' to make up for a notebook I bought of the guy that exploded like a grenade).
back to the story. There were a few cards with a bus that was unknown to me. Ie having the connector at the front, and the connector at the back. I remember one of them has a whole stack of angle mounted SIMM slots on it. Unfortunately these cards are at my mothers place over 1000 km away, so I'll have to ask her about them next time I talk.

So, is there any chance these cards are for an Amiga?
A500 (salvo): 1Mb RAM (512k chip, 512k SlowFast)
1x880k Floppy Disk, 1xIBM 540Mb 3.5\\"HDD KS1.3, WB1.3
1084S monitor. AT Keyboard!
A500 (Whitey): 512k RAM, 1x880k Floppy Disk, KS1.2, WB1.3
 

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Re: What exactly does a zorroII card look like?
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2005, 12:57:15 PM »
So true. I think I have a few of those odd beasties in my collection.
I even have one of those amstrad dealies that look like the a500, with monitor too. can't remember the name. I even have a T1000. not the liquid metal variety though. Sigh. One day...

But the thing that gets me is that one of them looks like an 8-bit isa on a full length XT/PC card with another bit of edge connector way down the other end. That's the one covered in 256k simms.
I know it's a long shot. But I can always hope.

Slowly chiselling away at the big book of amiga hardware anyway. This PC is painfully slow, so I have my work cut out for me.
A500 (salvo): 1Mb RAM (512k chip, 512k SlowFast)
1x880k Floppy Disk, 1xIBM 540Mb 3.5\\"HDD KS1.3, WB1.3
1084S monitor. AT Keyboard!
A500 (Whitey): 512k RAM, 1x880k Floppy Disk, KS1.2, WB1.3