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- From: stever@netcom.com (Steve Riggins)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
- Subject: Re: Mac accelerators and A/UX 3.0
- Message-ID: <5!mmv7#.stever@netcom.com>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 00:08:26 GMT
- References: <863@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov> <dmanning.712260444@cwis> <1992Jul27.213533.4284@noao.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul27.213533.4284@noao.edu> tody@noao.edu writes:
- >Well ok, you can go either way I guess. The IIfx does have some advantages
- >which haven't been mentioned, namely better serial port hardware and disk
- >DMA. I am not familiar with the Daystar but I would guess that since it
- >replaces the 030 all it does is provide a faster cpu. To me offloading the
- >serial and disk i/o was as important as the faster cpu. For a few hundred
- >dollars more than the Daystar you get both the custom i/o processors and
- >a faster cpu, and end up with a standard system.
- >
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- Except for the fact that no OS takes advantage of the DMA yet, and some apps do
- not work with the serial chips in faster mode. I think that one could spend the
- saved money on RAM (The ram is only used in some LaserWriters) on a SCSI-2
- card and a SCSI-2 hard disk to get balzing speed.
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- Steve
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