vanam@pttesac.UUCP (Marnix van Ammers) (10/11/86)
OK, OK, OK. I'm embarassed as hell to admit it, but I've got to.
I don't know what a Zorro is (other than a character out of a TV
show from long ago).
So will somebody please tell me what is a Zorro? Or what is the
Zorro standard? Also what didn't I read that I should have so that
I would have known this.
Marnix "Nothing on a cold winter night like
curling up in bed with a warm cup of hot
chocolate and a Rom Kernel Manual."
--
Marnix A. van\ Ammers
Home: (707) 644-9781 Work: (415) 545-8334
{ihnp4|ptsfa}!pttesac!vanam CIS: 70027,70daveh@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Haynie) (10/13/86)
> Keywords: Zorro standard backplane configuration board > > OK, OK, OK. I'm embarassed as hell to admit it, but I've got to. > I don't know what a Zorro is (other than a character out of a TV > show from long ago). > > So will somebody please tell me what is a Zorro? Or what is the > Zorro standard? Also what didn't I read that I should have so that > I would have known this. > > Marnix "Nothing on a cold winter night like > curling up in bed with a warm cup of hot > chocolate and a Rom Kernel Manual." > -- > Marnix A. van\ Ammers > Home: (707) 644-9781 Work: (415) 545-8334 > {ihnp4|ptsfa}!pttesac!vanam CIS: 70027,70 Zorro is the collective name for the Amiga 1000 Expansion hardware specification, which includes the expected hardware for a 100 pin edge expansion slot box, the specification for the auto-configuration circuitry expected to be used on every expansion card, and the size of the expansion card. A book on this is available from Commodore in West Chester. -- ============================================================================ Dave Haynie {caip,ihnp4,allegra,seismo}!cbmvax!daveh "Techno-Hippie, heathen, designing evil computers" These opinions are my own, though if you try them out, and decide that you really like them, a small donation would be appreciated.
rossi@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Lisa Rossi) (10/14/86)
In article <882@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> daveh@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes: >> Keywords: Zorro standard backplane configuration board >> >> OK, OK, OK. I'm embarassed as hell to admit it, but I've got to. >> I don't know what a Zorro is (other than a character out of a TV >> show from long ago). >> >> So will somebody please tell me what is a Zorro? Or what is the >> Zorro standard? Also what didn't I read that I should have so that >> I would have known this. >> >> Marnix A. van\ Ammers >> Home: (707) 644-9781 Work: (415) 545-8334 >> {ihnp4|ptsfa}!pttesac!vanam CIS: 70027,70 > >Zorro is the collective name for the Amiga 1000 Expansion hardware >specification, which includes the expected hardware for a 100 pin edge >expansion slot box, the specification for the auto-configuration >circuitry expected to be used on every expansion card, and the size of >the expansion card. A book on this is available from Commodore in >West Chester. > >Dave Haynie {caip,ihnp4,allegra,seismo}!cbmvax!daveh Before we start getting a bunch of questions about it - "the book" that Dave is talking about is the Hardware Expansion and Schematics Specification. You may purchase this book by sending a check for $20 to Commodore Business Machines 1200 Wilson Drive West Chester, Pa 19380 Attn: Kim Montgomery-Software Also include a note stating that you would like the Hardware Expansion and Schematics Spec along with your name, address, and phone number. Lisa
danny@convex.UUCP (10/16/86)
ZORRO is the latest and greatest Commodore Amiga Expansion Guidelines. This mainly comes into play when you buy absolutely anything that plugs into the expansion on the right of your Amiga. When you buy a card cage (backplane) make sure it's Zorro compatible. When you buy a card for it, make sure it's Zorro compatible. Quite simply, anything you plug into the right of the Amiga should have Zorro written all over it and properly integrate with everything else (and for large boxes, extend the bus and hopefully have it's own power supply). Ok? Dan Wallach
tenney@well.UUCP (Glenn S. Tenney) (10/16/86)
Well, it has been a long time, but if memory serves, when I turned in
my black box for the first plastic enclosed machines these new machines
with real plastics were called "Zorro" boxes.
-- Glenn Tenney
UUCP: {hplabs,glacier,lll-crg,ihnp4!ptsfa}!well!tenney
ARPA: well!tenney@LLL-CRG.ARPA Delphi and MCI Mail: TENNEY
As Alphonso Bodoya would say... (tnx boulton)
Disclaimers? DISCLAIMERS!? I don' gotta show you no stinking DISCLAIMERS!grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) (10/19/86)
In article <301@pttesac.UUCP> vanam@pttesac.UUCP (Marnix van Ammers) writes: >OK, OK, OK. I'm embarassed as hell to admit it, but I've got to. >I don't know what a Zorro is (other than a character out of a TV >show from long ago). > >Marnix A. van\ Ammers Well, I could be confused, but Zorro is actually the cutsey code name for the standard Amiga mainboard. The Amiga Expansion Architecture document gives information about a Zorro expansion board, but this is an expansion board to got with the Zorro board, not Zorro itself. As the Amiga was being developed, different versions of the mainboard had different names. A previous board was named Velvet. Also, the custom chips named Denise and Paula were at one time Daphne and Portia... -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)