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- From: easton@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton)
- Subject: Re: 1200 with '040 ?
- Organization: Zenith Data Systems, OEM Systems Engineering
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:24:40 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.012440.20332@zds-oem.zds.com>
- Keywords: 1200
- References: <1992Nov16.172702.3226@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
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- In article <1992Nov16.172702.3226@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> ajs@news.dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Andrew Satterthwaite) writes:
- >
- >OK, before anyone flames this for sounding daft, I don't know much about
- >chip connections and hardware generally but I was wondering wether it would
- >be possible to plug a 68040 into an A1200. I realise it may need a host board
- >or something but surely it wouldn't be that difficult for GVP or someone
- >to come up with something, and as it wouldn't need extra 32 bit memory (as
- >the A1200 has got it already) it should be fairly cheap compared to A500/2000
- >'040 accelerators.
-
- If it came with a external liquid nitrogen cooling system and the
- super-big-foot power supply it might work. :-)
-
- > Is this a daft idea, or is it a possibility ... If the latter what
- >sort of price range would we be looking at (please quote in pounds sterling
- >if possible as everyone seems to double the price of everything over here in
- >England.
-
- Electricaly it seems possible but I would think that cooling and current
- draw issues would make it impossible. I'm sure someone will try though...
-
- >Yours Ponderingly, The Splodge Man Thing Experience ..
-
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