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Buffering A1200 trapdoor interface
« on: February 11, 2004, 09:32:13 PM »
Is there a way to make an adapter to buffer the Amiga 1200 trapdoor slot?
 

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Re: Buffering A1200 trapdoor interface
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2004, 10:24:02 PM »
Buffer in what sense?
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Re: Buffering A1200 trapdoor interface
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2004, 10:31:14 PM »
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Buffer in what sense?
Some of these, I would guess:

 

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Re: Buffering A1200 trapdoor interface
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2004, 12:00:00 PM »
What, not enough gate driver capacity for ye?

If you were designing a custom PCI bus or something I'd see the point, but why else would you want to?
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Re: Buffering A1200 trapdoor interface
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2004, 12:08:05 PM »
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Is there a way to make an adapter to buffer the Amiga 1200 trapdoor slot?


Why do you need to buffer it?

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Re: Buffering A1200 trapdoor interface
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2004, 12:25:55 PM »
ermmmm.... why?
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Re: Buffering A1200 trapdoor interface
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2004, 12:25:58 PM »
All I wanted to know was is it posible to buffer the trapdoor interface that's all.
 

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Re: Buffering A1200 trapdoor interface
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2004, 12:28:34 PM »
yes, but why would you want to buffer it? I mean you can buffer any signal, but I don't understand what you would achieve by buffering the A1200 trapdoor slot...
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Re: Buffering A1200 trapdoor interface
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2004, 12:29:40 PM »
The short answer would be yes. Unless you plan to split the trapdoor into multiple slots or whatever, there really isn't much point...
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Re: Buffering A1200 trapdoor interface
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2004, 12:40:25 PM »
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All I wanted to know was is it posible to buffer the trapdoor interface that's all.


It could add delays in the signals, that would be pointless.