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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Project Walker Specs
- Date: 27 Mar 1996 18:53:26 +0100
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4jbvam$lmc@serpens.rhein.de>
- References: <4imrlb$7jt@serpens.rhein.de> <96032212411300001@abc.se>
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- Alexander Bostrom <m8866@abc.se> writes:
-
- >In article <4imrlb$7jt@serpens.rhein.de>, Michael van Elst writes:
-
- >> Some people might buy a graphics card for it and want to safe a few
- >> bucks on the chip ram.
-
- >...and some wont.
-
- That's why you can have 2MB chip ram if you want.
-
- >Is it really worth it?
-
- Worth ? To sell 1MB chip ram machines for people that use a graphics
- card ? This depends on the RAM price and the cost to produce two
- versions of the board.
-
- >How fast is chip RAM compared to
- >FAST ram if you turn off all DMA except maybe audio?
-
- This depends on the fast ram and CPU you have. For a 7MHz 68000
- both are same speed. For an average 030/40MHz you could expect
- fast ram to be 5 times the speed of chip ram.
-
- >I wonder if it'll be possible to design a PCI or ZIII bridge if the computer
- >is put into a tower.
-
- Possible ? Sure. They even suggeted this as the use of that slot. But
- then they also suggested that CPU and graphics cards go there.
-
- Regards,
- --
- Michael van Elst
-
- Internet: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de
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