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- From: cpalmer@parsifal.nando.net (Cory Palmer)
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- Subject: Re: A4000 "Doubler" please help
- Date: 17 Mar 1996 11:40:25 GMT
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- In article <4iblt0$ad@news.kth.se> Johan Forsberg <d92-jfo@nada.kth.se> writes:
- > I'm thinking of buying a A4000 "Doubler", ie. a 50 MHz '040 processor module
- > (*not* a Z3-card) for the A4000.
- > My question is, will this card help the 4000/040's notoriously slow memory
- > accesses?
- > That is, is the slow memory system a property of the 25 MHz 040 processor
- > module, or of the A4000 motherboard?
- >
- > Please help!
- >
- > Johan Forsberg
- >
-
- Sorry but the memory problem can only be fixed with a cyberstorm or
- warp engine. The problem is the ramsey chip I believe on the motherboard.
- I have the 50mhz 040 module and it does increase the processing speed
- once the processor has the code. If you can afford the warp engine or
- cyberstorm 060's then it is the better choice unless you can wait for
- the power pc cards.
-
- Speaking of the ppc cards. A friend in FL got a news letter from the
- Space Coast Amiga Users Group that said Dave Haynie, Andy Finkel and a
- couple of other C= engineers have been contacted to work on the Power PC
- card and the porting of the OS to the PPC. I read an earlier post from
- Dave Haynie that some one asked if he has been contacted by AT and his
- reply was "Wouldn't you like to know.". I have seen this question ask a
- long time ago and he just said NO. This seems to confirm that he is
- working with AT in some way.
-
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-
- Cory Palmer
- cpalmer@nando.net
-
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