| From: | Michael Gravgaard |
| Date: | 6 Oct 99 at 18:14:32 |
| Subject: | Re: Micronik Zorro busboard |
From: "Michael Gravgaard" <Michael@Smallville97.freeserve.co.uk>
----- Original Message -----
From: Olaf Gröning <Olaf.Groening@micronik.de>
To: Michael Gravgaard <Michael@smallville97.freeserve.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: Micronik Zorro busboard
> Michael Gravgaard schrieb:
>
> > > Thanx for your mail.
> > >
> > > Yes, the two missing chips are for controlling the bridge Zorro<->PCI.
On
> > the fair
> > > we have shown a prototype. But we have stopped this development
> > completely.
> > >
> > > Kind regards
> > > Olaf Groening
> >
> > Thank you again for the mail, this will me my last message I
promise..trully
> > last time
> >
> > I have a couple of questions still remaining, these are (I am sorry I
have
> > to ask):
> >
>
> Thanx for your mail.
>
>
> >
> > 1. Did you drop the PCI slots on the busboard because they were too
> > slow. I think that they must
> > have been rather slower than Zorro 3, afterall the Zorro 3 has a
> > bandwidth of around 7.13MB/sec
> > which is probley slower on a A1200 busboard, and if the PCI slots
use
> > some sort of Zorro to PCI then
> > this must be rather slower.
> >
>
> No, that is not the reason (PCI is faster than Zorro III). The reason is
that
> the Amiga market went down.
>
>
> >
> > 2. Do you supply these chips or can you get me in contact with
anyone
> > who does?. I get the feeling that
> > your company must have had to design these from scratch. Though I
would
> > really like to use my Apocapse
> > 5D and Voodoo 2 12MB on my Amiga, and I would kindly solder these
chips
> > to my busboard (I am very
> > good a soldering, and my soldering iron nib is 1/10 of a 1mm, so I
think
> > this should be quite simple for me
> > to achieve).
> > I have always been interested in electronics and I would rate myself
> > highly at being able to fit surface mounted
> > chips to PCB. Please give me this chance!!
> >
>
> That is not possible, because there is only a prototype which this chips
> available.
>
>
> >
> > 3. Is it true as Blittersoft suggest that you are leaving the Amiga
> > market (I did not tell you this if they ask though..ok).
> > After all I though the Amiga was doing rather well in Germany.
> >
>
> Yes, it is true. We have completely stopped the Amiga products.
> Germany is one of the biggest Amiga markets, but it goes down daily.
> After the new statements from Amiga our boss decided to leave the
> market.
>
> >
> > Thank you for your time answering these questions. Good luck with the
> > future, I will be keeping an eye on your website
> > for future information
> >
> > Michael
>
> See you ...
>
> Olaf Groening
>
>
>
>
>
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