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- From: MMBCorle@cen.ex.ac.uk (Martin Corley)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: New PC cards (was Re: Acorn news release: Advance)
- Message-ID: <C1GMJz.6FJ@cen.ex.ac.uk>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 11:57:32 GMT
- References: <1jm1a7INNca@oak47.doc.ic.ac.uk> <727652882snz@cryton.demon.co.uk>
- Sender: MMBCorle@cen.ex.ac.uk
- Organization: University of Exeter, UK
- Lines: 27
- In-Reply-To: altman@cryton.demon.co.uk's message of 21 Jan 93 21:48:02 GMT
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- In article <727652882snz@cryton.demon.co.uk>, altman@cryton.demon.co.uk (Hugo Fiennes) writes:
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- > In article <1jm1a7INNca@oak47.doc.ic.ac.uk> ijp@doc.ic.ac.uk writes:
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- [...]
-
- >>In another of these releases (the one about the PC card), what I
- >>really don't understand is : what's new?
- >>
- >>It says, basically, the the 'NEW' Acorn PC card IS the Aleph-1 PC
- >>card, which has been on sale for ages - so what is this press
- >>release all about ???
-
- > (a) From what I hear, they're at least 100 quid cheaper
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- > (b) They come in A3000-minipodule form too, allowing you to have an
- > A3010 with dual processors for example :-)
-
- > Hugo
-
- I also got the impression that they'd be able to use existing
- expansions better; for example, I was told that you'd need to bolt an
- Ethernet interface on to the back of the "old" PC cards, but the Press
- Release mentions "using an existing Ethernet interface..."
-
- Anyone care to illuminate / confirm / deny?
-
- --
- Martin Corley ---------
- University of Exeter M.M.B.Corley @ cen.ex.ac.uk
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