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- From: torrunes@pil.idt.unit.no (Tor Rune Skoglund)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Phase-5 Vaporware; Maybe Warp Engine Better?
- Date: 31 Mar 1996 19:22:12 GMT
- Organization: The Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Message-ID: <4jmm14$fo1@due.unit.no>
- References: <4jl3pb$lr4@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <2787.6664T611T1083@guest.arnes.si> <4jm4lr$eqd@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>
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- In article <4jm4lr$eqd@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>,
- 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.)
-
- First I want to clear ut a minir misunderstanding: Not EDO, but ED -
- Enhanced DRAM. This is said to be the memory achitechture for the
- future. Simply explained, it is DRAM with integreted cache, which will
- speed up memory accesses by 50%, according to Apollo - a lot more than
- EDO DRAM.
-
- Yes, the Apollo 3060/3040/4040/4060 supports EDRAMs.
-
- The A3040/3060/4040/4060 is basically the same board, the 30x0 boards
- has only two SIMM sockets due to less space in the A3000. (Although we
- have customers which have installed the 4000 versjon with 4 SIMM
- sockets in the A3000, too....)
-
- >: Cyberstorm is not worth the wait IMHO. It has defective scsi-ii and
- >I've heard that. I heard that it mostly had to do with trying to mix SCSI-I
- >and -II peripherals on the bus at the same time. Blech.
- >
- >: the Warp Engine I heard (not tested!!!) that if you put 2 simms in it, you
- >: don't have contignous memory :-(((
- >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!
-
- As I sayd above, YES, it is A3000(T) compatible and it is available on
- th marked since January. It is also possible to buy a 040-version and
- upgrade it to 060 later. The same board has a socket which can take
- 060 too.
-
- - Best Regards,
-
- Tor Rune Skoglund DataKompaniet as
- Tech. Manager/Partner Trondheim Innovation Centre
- Tel: +47 7354 0375 N-7030 Trondheim
- Fax: +47 7394 3861 Norway
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