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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
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- Date: 24 Mar 1996 18:33:19 GMT
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- Michael van Elst (mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de) wrote:
- : 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.
-
- Well, at the same price point of course. :)
-
- : >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".
-
- Given, perhaps though you could get sales greater than in the hundreds if
- it were cheap. Chicken and Egg. :)
-
- : >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.
-
- Possibly there could be an adapter of sorts from some third party anyway.
-
- : >: 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 :)
-
- Heh. :)
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
-
-