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Re: Turbochannel Adapter for 4000-60?

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From: CP/M lives!
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 21:19
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In article <1992Aug20.213536.8692@midway.uchicago.edu>, newark@befvax.uchicago.edu (Tom Newark) writes:
> What I want to know is why you chose to support only one turbo channel 
> slot on the model 60/90?  This is characteristic of dec's lack of foresight.
> (The only thing worse was giving the 3100's no bus at all and a poorly 
> implemented scsi adapter, the worst I've ever seen.)

No room for the connectors, probably. The graphics connector sits right
where the second TURBOchannel connector would have to be.

Roger Ivie
ivie@cc.usu.edu
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From: ivie@cc.usu.edu (CP/M lives!)
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Subject: Re: Turbochannel Adapter for 4000-60?
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Date: 21 Aug 92 15:19:10 MDT
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