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- From: manou.billa@ci.educ.lu (Manou BILLA)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: DEC ALPHA card for AMIGA
- Date: 23 Jan 1996 00:42:02 GMT
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- Message-ID: <1539.6595T102T1384@ci.educ.lu>
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- On 20-Jan-96 06:48:09, Paula Baker (paula4@ix.netcom.com) wrote to All ()
- about DEC ALPHA card for AMIGA (<4dpvmp$2hc@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com>):
-
- Hi Paula
-
- >I just got off the phone with ANTI GRAVITY MAIL ORDER PLACE, and they
- >said that there is a DEC Alpha card that will plug into a zorro3 slot
- >of Amiga's. It is allegedly to fool the os into thinking it's a math
- >co processor. I don't know all the specs, but sounds promising to me.
- >I think they said the retail price would be around $1500. Because of
- >fooling the os, this should be compatible with nearly all software out
- >there. Any questions should not come to me, call AntiGravity at 1800-7
- >gravity. (They said the release date was middle of Feb) If anyone has
- >any further info, please post to the group.
-
-
- Is that the same card that exists for the Draco AMIGA (MacroSystem)?
- --
- Bye Manou
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