identifying Zorro cards?

[spirantho]

Easiest way - stick it in the slot. If it fits, it's right. [1]

Zorro cards are quite distinctive because they have one long cardedge with 100pins on. ISA has 2 sections (unless they're 8-bit in which case they're much smaller), PCI has much more dense, smaller connector, VLB is ISA with even more stuff tagged on the end. AGP is PCI sized but has two sets of pins on the connector edge.



[1] This applies to many facets of life, not just Amiga boards.

[spirantho]

Shouldn't be necessary, they're quite distinctive.

Take a look here:
http://www.daffi.org/Busslot.htm

The Zorro cards look of a similar length connector to the ISA, but slightly longer and with no gap.

Also, of course, because the Amiga was designed for bridgeboards using ISA slots, the Zorro slots are in line with the ISA. Hence any Zorro slot with a blanking plate (most are) will be full-length. If the blanking plate is next to the connector, it's not a Zorro card (but it could feasibly be an Amiga card for the video slot).

[spirantho]

That sounds like a challenge.