Archiving Amiga floppies

From: Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>
Date: Sat Dec 2 09:46:33 2000

Jeff Hellige skrev:

>At 08:58 AM 12/1/00 -0500, you wrote:
>>Not that I know a lot about the Amiga, but don't some come with ISA slots?
>>If so, maybe a jumperable NE2000 clone might work on the cheap?

> The big-box machines (A2000, A3000, A4000) all come with ISA slots, which
>are inline with the Zorro-II/III slots. The thing is, without a
>bridgeboard installed, the ISA slots aren't active. They require the
>bridgeboards, whether from CBM or others, to generate the various signals
>on the bus. Of course, with them being inline with the Zorro slots, any
>bridgeboard/ISA combination you install blocks the usage of at least two
>Zorro slots.

That depends on form factors, of course. While most Zorro cards indeed are
full-length, there is a number of shorter cards which will work in tandem with
a half-length ISA card. My mate with an ISA NE2000 has got a Buddha IDE
controller in the Zorro slot behind the NIC, for example. There were some SCSI
controllers of such length, too.

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Received on Sat Dec 02 2000 - 09:46:33 GMT

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