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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Date: 21 Mar 1996 21:51:01 +0100
- Organization: dis-
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- bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie) writes:
-
- >: So that everybody has to pay extra for the MMU that only some need ?
-
- >I don't think it is a price thing, it is more because the EC030 can be
- >clocked higher than the full 030.
-
- Well. That's not true. You can get EC030s up to 40MHz and you can get
- full 030s up to 50MHz. But even the slower 030 with 33MHz is
- significantly more expensive than the EC030 at 40MHz.
-
- >The roomier design will at least reduce some add on costs (for the
- >developer). But I recall that a2000 and a3000 cards weren't all that cheap
- >either.
-
- Anything that sells in hundreds instead of hundred thousands isn't
- "all that cheap".
-
- >And I think that you won't be able to move the walker into a PC
- >tower case because the expansion boards will tend to be at right angles to
- >the motherboard and longer due to the increased head room in the walker case.
-
- Well, so far there is no bus board and no form factor for one.
-
- >: Be assured. I don't just type. Then I'd just need a Z80 or something.
-
- >Nah, just a dumb terminal. :)
-
- That would be an 68020 nowadays :)
-
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- Michael van Elst
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