Zorro II

E741465

Zorro II is an expansion bus standard used in Commodore Amiga computers, providing a 16-bit auto-configuring interface for add-on cards.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Zorro II canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amiga expansion bus standard ⓘ
computer expansion bus ⓘ
addressSpace 24-bit address space ⓘ
allows plug-and-play style configuration for Amiga expansions ⓘ
backwardCompatibleWith none (not directly compatible with ISA or PCI) ⓘ
bitWidth 16-bit ⓘ
busArbitration centralized arbitration ⓘ
busWidthAddress 24 bits ⓘ
busWidthData 16 bits ⓘ
category Amiga hardware standard ⓘ
computer hardware interface ⓘ
compatibility Zorro II cards can operate in Zorro III slots in Zorro II mode ⓘ
configurationMethod Autoconfig ROM on expansion card ⓘ
dataTransferMode asynchronous ⓘ
designedFor Commodore Amiga computers ⓘ
linked to: Amiga
developedBy Commodore International ⓘ
electricalBasis Motorola 68000 bus ⓘ
era late 1980s home and professional computers ⓘ
introducedWith Amiga 2000 ⓘ
logicalDesignBasedOn Autoconfig protocol ⓘ
marketedAs Amiga Autoconfig expansion bus ⓘ
maxAddressableMemory 16 MB ⓘ
mechanicalFormFactor card-edge connector ⓘ
nameFollows Zorro I (informal designation for original Amiga 1000 side bus) ⓘ
notableFeature automatic address space allocation for expansion cards ⓘ
memory-mapped configuration registers ⓘ
platform AmigaOS systems ⓘ
primaryUseRegion Europe and North America ⓘ
successor Zorro III ⓘ
supportsDeviceType I/O interface cards ⓘ
RAM expansion cards ⓘ
SCSI controllers ⓘ
graphics cards ⓘ
network interface cards ⓘ
supportsDMA yes ⓘ
supportsFeature auto-configuration ⓘ
bus mastering ⓘ
memory-mapped I/O ⓘ
typicalClockSource system 68000 CPU clock ⓘ
usedIn Amiga 1500 ⓘ
Amiga 2000 ⓘ
Amiga 2500 ⓘ
Amiga 3000 (via Zorro II slots) ⓘ
Amiga 4000 (backward-compatible slots) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zorro III → predecessor → Zorro II ⓘ