wille@frith.msu.edu (Jeffrey M. Wille) (04/26/91)
I'm in desperate need of an additional XT slot on my A3000 and
I would like to know if the following ought to work (in theory
of course). I won't blame you if it doesn't. :-)
Could I attach a ribbon cable to the contacts of the lowest XT
connector and hook up another card-edge connector in the empty
space to the left of the bottom Amiga slot connector?
Ascii photograph follows:
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empty space [===============] /
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What do the net gurus say? Will it work? Dave Haynie maybe?
Jeff Wille (wille@frith.egr.msu.edu)
(wille@happy.egr.msu.edu)
Torture numbers, and they'll confess to anything. -- Gregg Easterbrookdaveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) (05/01/91)
In article <1991Apr25.220049.15163@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> wille@frith.msu.edu (Jeffrey M. Wille) writes: >I'm in desperate need of an additional XT slot on my A3000 and >I would like to know if the following ought to work (in theory >of course). I won't blame you if it doesn't. :-) In theory, that should work. The hard part would be the mechanicals. XT bus is too slow to really have much trouble over an inch of ribbon cable. If it's a reasonably loaded thing in the slot, though, I would run heavier wire over for +5V and GND, and probably a capacitor or two (10uF, 0.1uF) between power and ground, just to be safe. -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: hazy BIX: hazy "That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight" -R.E.M.