jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright) (07/09/89)
Is it true that the IBM slots in the 2000 really are a passive backplane? If so, would it be possible to use a PC-on-a-card and drop it in? Advantages: Less expensive (maybe?) You could use a '386 card Disadvantages: No explicit connection between Amiga & "Iso-card" (it's not a bridge, it's isolated) Requires addition of video card WHERE TO PUT KEYBOARD? (I think this is a killer) -- Jim Wright jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu
daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) (07/10/89)
in article <1174@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu>, jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright) says: > Is it true that the IBM slots in the 2000 really are a passive backplane? > If so, would it be possible to use a PC-on-a-card and drop it in? I'd sure thing so. The slots are bused and connected to the appropriate power supply lines, they don't go anywhere else. > Requires addition of video card Yup, though you could put a VGA card in another slot. > WHERE TO PUT KEYBOARD? (I think this is a killer) Unless the PC-on-a-Card has a keyboard connector. I expect that any such card designed as a PC accelerator won't be a whole PC, but that something designed more for actual passive PC backplanes would have to have some I/O on itself. > Jim Wright -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Systems Engineering) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: D-DAVE H BIX: hazy Be careful what you wish for -- you just might get it
tron1@tronsbox.UUCP (HIM) (07/13/89)
A company called "Alloy" makes real live PC-s on a card that have keyboard
and all I/O , as well as video cards, for passive backplanes.
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