kim@amdahl.UUCP (Kim DeVaughn) (11/12/86)
In article <1133@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>, news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Usenet netnews) writes: > The real and serious > problems with this product is that it is a closed ended peripheral(it does > NOT pass the bus) and it HAS to be the first peripheral on the bus. This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > means you can have NO other periperals on the bus, bad news. Are you sure of this? When I saw the demo of the Sidecar that was given by RJ Mical to the BADGE group, this question came up. My recollection is that RJ said it did *not* have to be the first/only peripheral on the expansion buss. Of course things may have changed since then ... /kim -- UUCP: {sun,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,ihnp4,seismo,oliveb}!amdahl!kim DDD: 408-746-8462 USPS: Amdahl Corp. M/S 249, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 CIS: 76535,25 [ Any thoughts or opinions which may or may not have been expressed ] [ herein are my own. They are not necessarily those of my employer. ]