[comp.sys.amiga.tech] Pc expansion cards

rrs@neabbs.UUCP (RONALD VAN EIJCK) (10/11/90)

I want to know if it is possible to use a PC expansion card without using
a xt/at bridgebord. Or do you have to use the dual-ported memory and write
some pc stuf for the communication between the amiga and the expansion card.

thanx

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billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour) (10/13/90)

In article <462215@neabbs.UUCP> rrs@neabbs.UUCP (RONALD VAN EIJCK) writes:
:I want to know if it is possible to use a PC expansion card without using
:a xt/at bridgebord. Or do you have to use the dual-ported memory and write
:some pc stuf for the communication between the amiga and the expansion card.
:
:thanx

	There are a couple (several?) commercial products that do this. They
typically allow you to hook up a PC hard disk controller to your Amiga bus.
I haven't seen any PD versions though. :-( (NES sells a Zorro/ISA prototyping
board, so I'd be very happy if someone did a PD one.) :-) The interface to go
between the Amiga and the PC isn't too hard, but you have to write drivers
for any card you might want to plug in.

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