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- From: mcramm@dct.ac.uk (McRamm)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
- Subject: Re: building a low-cost 68030 workstation
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.121252.1056@dct.ac.uk>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 12:12:52 GMT
- References: <1992Nov4.103207.4053@news.cs.indiana.edu> <1992Nov4.233638.10631@bnr.ca> <1992Nov05.084519.4559@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>
- Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology
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- In article <1992Nov05.084519.4559@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>, ucacmsu@ucl.ac.uk (Mr Stephen R Usher) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov4.233638.10631@bnr.ca> mascot@bnr.ca (Scott Mason) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov4.103207.4053@news.cs.indiana.edu> "Ingo Cyliax" <cyliax@moose.cs.indiana.edu> writes:
- >>>
- >>>Hi,
- >>>
- >>>we are looking into building a 68030 based low-cost workstation. Has
- >>>anyone done this ? This type of system would be great for teaching
- >>>assembly language programming and operating system type classes.
- >>>
- >>>Any suggestions ?
- >>
- >>Buy Amiga 3000s.
- > (25MHz 68030 + loads of support chips, dunno if it's got a 68882 as
- > standard).
-
- 16MHz (discontinued now?) machines had 16MHz 68881,
- 25Mhz Machines have 25MHz 68882. Also include ZorroIII (C= 32Bit bus) slots,
- SCSI controller as standard (internal hd's from 52Mb available), AT slots
- (only usable with Bridgeboard in place). *nix SVR4 with X11R4 is available
- as an option as well.
-
- By my estimates you should be able to set up an A3000 based *nix workstation
- for something less than #2500 (probably under #2000 if you shop around).
-
- Side note: A3000 are cheap because of the introduction of the A4000. Note:
- The A4000 is 68040 based, uses the same ZorroIII slots as the A3000 and has IDE
- instead of SCSI drives. *nix is not available for the A4000 yet.
-
- >
- > Or Atari TTs (32MHz 68030 + support chips + 68882).
- >
- >>#include <disclaimer.h> Bell-Northern Research
- >>Scott Mason P.O. Box 3511 Station C
- >>Internet: mascot@bnr.ca Ottawa, Canada, K1Y 4H7
- >
- > Steve
- > --
- > Addresses:-
- > JANET:- ucacmsu@uk.ac.ucl or steve@uk.ac.ox.earth (preferable)
- > Internet:- ucacmsu@ucl.ac.uk or steve@earth.ox.ac.uk (preferable)
- --
- Angus M. Marshall, MCRAMM@UK.AC.DCT,amarshal@uk.ac.dund.mcs, (+44 382) 308600
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