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- From: csg022@cch.coventry.ac.uk (PROC)
- Subject: Re: AdSpeed?
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- References: <Re:> <AdSpeed?> <H.ea.23yZaqg4I8o@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:45:47 GMT
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- In article <H.ea.23yZaqg4I8o@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca> cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca writes:
- >In <1993Jan14.150957.13631@bsu-ucs>, 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:
-
- >> In my Mega ST4, I have either a socket on top of my 68k chpi or a spare socket
- >> altogether (I can't remember which), but how would I go about installing an
- >> AdSpeed chip (if it's worth it, at all)? I've no experience whatsoever in
- >> this, but from what I saw under my hood here, all I'd have to do is plug in the
- >> AdSpeed...no?
-
- >From what I've heard, you just plug it into the "MegaBus" slot (which is
- >a 68000 PDS, exactly the same as the slot in the Falcon030) and awaaaay
- >you go at 16Mhz.
- >Does the AdSpeed have a cache?
-
- I've just fitted ATOnce+ (16Mhz) into my ST. I had to solder every
- pin onto the back of the 68000 and one wire to the
- video shifter but it works a treat.
- You can probably create a cache on either with a DEVICE=ramcache.sys
- (or some such name) in the config.sys file.
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