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- From: shepssc@sheppnews.com.au (Ben Anderson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: 80 MIPS with Blizzard1260?
- Date: 23 Feb 1996 02:45:57 GMT
- Organization: Ballarat NetConnect
- Message-ID: <1664.6625T587T297@sheppnews.com.au>
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- >M. Krisell wrote:
- >>
- >> Hi everybody!
- >>
- >> I recently got a Blizzard1260 turbo board for my A1200.
- >> I had a 33 Mhz 68030 before, and everything is MUCH
- >> faster now. But...
- >>
- >> The manual says something about 80 MIPS, but according
- >> to SysInfo my system does "only" 39 MIPS.
- >> Could it be that my RAM isn't fast enough? I'm not
- >> sure but I think it is only 80ns or even slower.
- >> Will I get 80 MIPS if I get 60ns RAM?
- >>
- >> Magnus.
-
- >Hi. Sysinfo has got a bug, well it┤s not a bug but it is old. The creator of
- >sysinfo didn┤t had in mind that an Amiga faster then 39 MIPS would ever be
- >released. I have got a Cyberstorm 060 and it makes 83 MIPS but SysInfo just
- >show 39 MIPS.
-
- >You have to get a program called "MIPS" to calculate the speed on your
- >computer.
- Macintosh: the etch-a-sketch you don't have to shake.
-
- Can you actually buy the 1260? I thought it wasn't going to be released
- untill the '060 chip was in full production. 83Mips! I want one. How much
- did yours cost? In australia the only boards available are dkb's - and most
- of the fast ones make the computer crash, freeze and stuff up every five
- minutes. Do you have this problem with the blizzard? Do you have to have the
- 1200 modified to get the board to work?
- Please help me - I am getting to the point where the 1200 isn't worth
- it. People produce software for the base models, which means people who spend
- on faster don't get software that supports it. Look at the PC. A new game
- comes out that someone cant run on their p100, so they upgrade to a p166.
- Games should be written for the faster processors to provide incentive (!) for
- people to upgrade.
-
- TTFN.
-
-