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- From: keith.pepin@enest.com (KEITH PEPIN)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A4000/030 -- MMU
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- Date: Mon, 08 Jan 96 12:01:00 -0500
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- Organization: Eagle's Nest Communications, Inc. PVD, RI US 401-621-4600
- Reply-To: keith.pepin@enest.com (KEITH PEPIN)
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- In a message dated 01/04/96 J D PARSONS wrote to ALL:
- JP> The reason for this question: third party vendors dealing in Apple
- JP> Macintosh hardware offer accelerators for the low-end Macs. The Mac
- JP> II (IIx or IIcx, actually) did not come with a plug-in CPU card like
- JP> the A3000/4000 or current Macs, but socketed the CPU chip right on
- JP> the motherboard, ala A2000; _and_ they used 68020's. The vendors
- JP> include or offer an adapter that plugs directly into the CPU socket
- JP> and allow their accelerator (33 Mhz 68040 for $300, 40 Mhz for $400)
- JP> to plug into that adapter. If it is possible to do what I propose in
- JP> the paragraph above, it _might_ be possible to outfit an A4000/030
- JP> with one of these accelerator kits!
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- JP> I don't know about component clearance, tho' -- I don't own an
- JP> A4000/030, but realize it's pretty tight in there.
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- JP> What do you think?
-
- Neat idea. But it would not be likely to work. You see, Amiga and Macs have
- different hardware and memory maps [of course...]. The accelerator might
- function with Mac, but it's very likely that a difference in the Amiga would
- prevent that.
-
- Ciao,
- KEITH
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