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- From: garthc@compass-da.com (Garth Corral)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A3000 and A3640 compat???
- Date: 19 Mar 1996 22:53:51 GMT
- Organization: Compass Design Automation
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- LRResto (lrresto@aol.com) wrote:
- : I use a A3640 Board in my 3000 Tower. There are a couple of jumpers you
- : will have to reset on your motherboard, but that's all you need to do.
- : Well, you also have to install the 68040.library and execute the 68040 in
- : startup-sequence to gain the full speed potential (4.44x faster than a
- : 3000 25 MHz).
- :
- This implies that you can use the A3640 without the 68040.library. Is
- this true? I have a A3640 that I've been waiting to install in my
- A3000 but I was led to believe that this library is a must. I have
- looked high and low and still have not a clue where to obtain this
- library. Do I need it? This machine spends 99%+ of it's time
- runnning NetBSD so if not having this library simply means a
- performance hit on the AmigaOS side I can live with that. If, on the
- other hand, I cannot run AmigaOS without it then my question is
- WHERE DO I GET IT? :-).
-
- Also, I have seen conflicting postings about whether it is
- possible to use static column RAM in Bank 0 with OS2.1 and upgraded
- DMAC and Ramsey chips. My current setup is:
-
- A3000 16M/2M (All SC)
- 2.04 ROMs/WB2.1
- Ramsey -07
- DMAC -04
- SBuster -11
-
- Will the A3640 work without an upgrade to OS3.1 or page mode RAM?
-
- Many thanks in advance,
- Garth.
-