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From:Lawrence Jeffery
Date:17 Sep 2001 at 02:05:00
Subject:[amigactive] Re: expansion

Hello

On 16-Sep-01, you wrote:
> Hello Glyn
>
> On 16-Sep-01, you wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Does anybody know if I can put a mediator or a zorro
>> bus in my a1200 eyetech tower, and would performance
>> be **** with a mediator and only an 030?
>
> 1) which version of the Eyetech tower do you have?
> If its the EZTowerZ4 I think it will connect straight in (the mediator)(I
> tihnk). If you have a EZTowerMk4 you will have to be prepared to do some
> hacking. I uploaded some brief images of my Tower conversion to my website
> a while back if you want to see.
>
> http://www.amiga-mediator.co.uk/stomtower/stomtower.shtml for a direct
> link to the images.
>
> 2) as for performace with a 030. It'll work but will not be blisteringly
> fast (but will still be a huge enough jump over AGA). Its more important
> to have memory than a huge processor speed in my opinion. Although, with
> the prices of 040 cards nowadays you could maybe get one? (even the 060 is
> cheap now from analogic - WHEN they have them to sell)

They have 1260s for sale, but they are Blizzards and not the Apollo as
advertised. Speaking to them Thursday, they do not plan to get any more
Apollos either.

Regards...Lawrence Jeffery



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