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- From: baffoni@aludra.usc.edu (Juxtaposer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: 68040 accelerator board?
- Date: 4 Sep 1992 16:05:47 -0700
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- In article <9209031931.AA15117@photon.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Your Conscience <dhbutler@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> writes:
- >Hello!? I seem to have missed something very important! There seems to be some
- >talk about a 68040 board or upgrade or hack that can be bought/built for the
- >Atari ST?
-
- From the descriptions so far, it is a stand alone (a tower?) from
- the main Mega ST (only so far) that houses a 66MHz 68040 (way over-driven
- IMHO, put perhaps bearable if it has some INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH heat sinks
- and one heck of a fan - maybe liquid cooled :). Perhaps more busses (I hope)
- and memory. Supposedly runs at about 24MIPs. I wonder if it uses a cache
- (outside of the onboard of the '040)? Would really Haul A** with a decent
- (ie: 256k+) cache...
-
- Supposedly, the makers will be publishing the designs for it in
- one of the magazines (ST USER? ST Magazin?). I hope so - my soldering iron
- is just _waiting_ to be able to do it...so long as I can interface it to my
- TT...:)...then I could have the '040 and stick a graphics card in my TT
- and really have an awsome system.
-
- >What should I know about this?
-
- Its not being put out by Atari. It might be viable. :)
- Think of it this way. Even if you only used it at 33MHz, it would still
- blow the socks off of a LOT of PC hardware out there today.
-
- >Is it just wishful thinking?
-
- Nah, people actually saw it working up and personal. Wishful thinking
- might just apply to being able to build your own.
-
- >Is it real?
-
- One of the guys said he ran his own program (draws lines all over the
- screen) on it. How much more real do you want than being able to run your
- programs? :)
-
- >Can I use it on a Mega?
-
- YES! it was designed for one.
-
- >How much does it cost?
-
- The guy quoted $3000 DM, and $2000 (US). Sounds good, but home-built
- sounds better. :)
-
- >---------------------------------------------------------------------->
- >|-) -David Butler- dhbutler@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
- >
- >- who now has a shorter .sig file due to complaints...
- >
- > ||| - FRANK ZAPPA for president! "One of his best qualifications is
- > / | \ that at least he won't take it seriously." - Jammer
-
- -Mike
-
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