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- From: darren@uoguelph.ca (Darren Eveland)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Phase-5 Vaporware; Maybe Warp Engine Better?
- Date: 31 Mar 1996 17:51:52 GMT
- Organization: University of Guelph
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- Brent Busby (claevius@firefly.prairienet.org) wrote:
- : Jernej Pecjak (vid.pecjak@guest.arnes.si) wrote:
-
- : : There is an Apolo 4060 also with built in scsi-ii and 4 simm slots (takes EDO
- : : ram also).
-
- : Really?? Will it work well in an A3000T? How stable is it? (I seem to
- : remember hearing something about an Apollo '060 board, but I got the
- : impression somehow that it was for the A2000.)
-
- NO it won't, you get the 3060 version that will :=) But of course
- Phase-5 does not recommend this board...hmmm ....The thing I'm scared
- about with the 060 is the horror stories from many on the net about
- random freezes, scsi bugs, and other stuff.
-
- IMHO I would get a warp engine. Incredibly stable board, fully supported
- by the OS-no cyberpatcher needed. Fully compatible with ShapeShifter,
- etc....(that is get a warp engine IF you are going to get an accelerator
- today.
-
- : I've read that thread, too. I'd still be interested in any information on
- : what they plan to do with their '060 upgrade option in the future, if they
- : plan on doing anything at all. And if that Apollo board is A3000 compatible,
- : please, somebody tell me about it, because I've got an A3000T!
-
- There is a A3060 board as I said, and the macrosystems people seem to be
- taking their sweet time coming out with a 060 Warp Engine. Latest I
- heard was "May 1996". But it would be interesting to see how they can
- "upgrade" my 3040 warp engine since the cpu is soldered to the board... I
- think it would have to be a board replacement. But I even question if it
- is worth it to go for any new accelerator right now, when PPC boards are
- so close....but then again those PPC boards are from Phase-5 :=) They
- have good intentions, but they never seem to make their (optimistic)
- deadlines. Hopefully there will be no chip shortage with the PPC boards
- like there is (and are) with the 060 boards.
-
- Darren
-
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