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- From: lolsen@hsr.no (Lasse Olsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: CPU MHz in A1200+
- Date: 4 Jan 1996 06:29:50 GMT
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- Ross Deeley (rossdee@inhb.co.nz) wrote:
- : On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Wells Fargo Bank wrote:
-
- : > It would make good business sense to me for AT to include a 50Mhz 030 with
- : > the next generation of A1200 rather than a 40Mhz. For a ocuple of reasons.
- : >
- : > 1. The 030/50 is barely acceptable for a number of different applications
- : > and is just beginning to reach slow 486 speeds.
- : >
- : > 2. Any 030 upgrade from 030/40 won't be enough to make it worthwhile or
- : > cost effective for the end-user.
- : >
- : > 3. Using the 030/50 would allow purchasers of new Amigas to be able to
- : > concentrate on 040 and 060 and PPC CPU upgrades which will benefit
- : > the Amiga in the long run.
- : >
- : > Please consider these things AT. An 030/40 seems to be a less productive
- : > choice. If the cost is more, I an pretty sure the end users would be happy
- : > to pay an extra $30 or so for the extra 10MHz of speed. I would!
-
- : It may be $30 to AT, but by the time you add markups down the line it
- : will turn out say $100 to the purchaser - that could mean the difference
- : between somebody buying an Amiga or a PC. And the difference in
- : perfomance is not that noticeable.
- :
- : > PS. Consider including a full 68030 with MMU for the sake of runnic UNIX
-
- : Generally the cheaper 40Mhz 030 is the EC model without the MMU, and the
- : 50Mhz one does include a MMU, whioch is why they are quite a bit more
- : expensive.
-
- : 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.
-
- Could they have a heap of old 20MHz 040s lying around?
- I'll say a prayer.
- Cheers...
-