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- From: jmauric@hubcap.clemson.edu (Adexsi Inc/ John Maurice)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.emulations
- Subject: Re: Pentium Bridgeboard.....Would you buy one?
- Date: 8 Mar 96 14:24:38 GMT
- Organization: Clemson University
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- dcinege@superlink.net (Dave Cinege) writes:
-
- yes, I would buy it. and yes, $1500 for 16 meg ram on board with the chip is
- very good.
-
- >This is not being designed. It is not being worked on. It is an IDEA!
- >Please do not call me 10 times a day asking when it will be ready, or
- >start telling people that it is coming out.
- >I am asking this to get some idea of marketability.
-
- >I was thinking about getting back in the bridgeboard business.
-
- >If we could produce the following would you being interested?
- >What else would you want? Are the prices within reason?
-
- >Pentium bridgeboard -
-
- >75 - 166MHz Pentium CPU
- >Cache memory
- >72 Pin simms
-
- >UVGA on board (that shares system ram, or has 2mb of it's own.)
-
- >2 16550 serial
- >1 EPP ECC parallel All on board
- >Floppy controller
- >EIDE controller
-
- >Features:
- >Works in the 2/3/4000, and 3/4000T.
- >Share Amiga mouse, keyboard, floppy.
- >Built in video switch for single monitor use.
- >Switch over to the IBM side and back with a hot key and icon/screen.
-
- >A high retail price of $995 bare. (Meaning it will hopefully be a little
- >lower from your dealer) And say $1495 with 16mb and a 90MHz Pentium.
-
- >How important would direct file transfer be to you?
- >How about being able to share the Amiga harddrive? The IBM harddrive?
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