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- From: pflynn@nwamiga.apana.org.au (Peter Flynn)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: CPU MHz in A1200+
- Message-ID: <3-633-265-0-30f9b7e3@nwamiga.apana.org.au>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 21:11:00 +1100
- Organization: North West Amiga BBS, Victoria, Australia
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- -=> Quoting rossdee@inhb.co.nz to All <=-
-
- > The only reason I could see AT including 50Mhz full 030's was if
- Motorola
- > had a heap of them they couldn'r get rid of.
-
- If they can't produce an Amiga 1200+ with a full 50 mhz 030 with MMU then
- they should do an 040 instead.
-
- Charge a bit more but at least give the enthusiasts something to upgrade
- to. (How about both a 40 mhz ec version and another version with 50 mhz
- 68030 and 68882?)
-
- There are a lot of A1200 owners with fast ram trapdoor expansions who may
- want an A1200+ with faster cpu, mmu, coprocessor, WB3.1 and CDROM. In
- short
- all the things an A1200 with fastram presently lacks.
-
- If the A1200+ is a 40mhz 030 without mmu, the potential upgrader will
- probably be better off expanding an old A1200 by adding a 50 mhz 030 or a
- 25 or 33mhz 040 (or 060) that are now coming on the market.
-
- The potential upgrader can add a better processor, WB3.1 and a CDROM
- anytime
- finances allow. The end result is the third party suppliers making sales
- and
- not AT.
-
- Some A1200 owners have had 50 mhz 030s since 1993. Something as good or
- better is expected in a "+" model. It is more than 3 years since the
- release of the A1200.
-
- If high cost of 50mhz 030 is such a problem then it may be better to keep
- the 020. It may be possible to switch to a 28mhz 020 (not much slower
- than
- a 40mhz 030) and concentrate on reducing production costs by custom chip
- integration, substitution of 3.5" hard drives for 2.5" and anything else
- that might reduce costs in the shops.
-
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