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- From: amuser@marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au (Bill Sharp-Smith AUG)
- Subject: Re: 040 3000T !!
- Message-ID: <amuser.714298376@marsh>
- Keywords: A3000-T-040 A3640
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- Organization: Curtin University of Technology
- References: <63764@cup.portal.com> <1992Aug11.135427.5778@lth.se> <8187@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> <kdarling.714031609@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu> <haley.714204013@unixg.ubc.ca> <34512@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 08:12:56 GMT
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- mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz) writes:
- >power usage is somewhere around 7Watts. Now, to get this to work correctly,
- >(within specs, since we do not do things outside of specs such as run a
- >25MHz part at 28MHz, etc) the head sink had to have certain properties.
- >Maybe future heat sink designs can make this board fit, but currently the
- >heat sink required is a bit too large to fit within the A3000 case work.
-
- >This is why the board is only being sold for the A3000T. Now, if technology
- >can solve either the power used or the heat sink size problems, I would think
-
- I've seen photos of 68040's with a fan sitting directly on the chip.
- Does the CBM board have this ? I imagine a fan would be smaller than the
- equivalent heatsink.
-
- Gary McGhee
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