Re: Slotless Transwarp?

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Phoenyx <quazar@dcnet2000.com> wrote:

>Whether it's a useless project or not, it still sounds intriguing.
>There is a Dell pentium system in a small desktop case which got
>around this problem by adapting the slots to mount the cards
>sideways. It is an unusual computer to work on also. Of course, it
>has a custom fitted motherboard with a bus adapter on it which
>holds an L shaped bus. This bus can hold 3 ISA cards or 2 ISA and
>1 PCI cards. This is how Dell got around the limitation.
>
>If you like tinkering with this type of electronics, you could
>probably make your own adapters. I think you could make them to
>fit at a 45 degree angle and gain some necessary space. Unless you
>are trying to mount the motherboard into a flat laptop style case.
>For something like this, you could probably use ribbon cable on a
>slot connector and move the new connector wherever you need it.
>
>On the downside, there may be signals on the bus which are not
>strong enough to stretch that far. I seem to recall reading about
>this somewhere. So this is something you may need to check into.

90 degree adapters and ribbon connections to slots are the
way Tony Diaz made his portable IIGS units.  Take a look
at http://www.apple2.org/ for more information.  Pretty cool!

Adapters/extensions seem to work with the ZipGS.