Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!sharkey!aucis!easton
From: easton@aucis.UUCP (Jeff Easton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 68030 Accelerators, Info Wanted
Message-ID: <517@aucis.UUCP>
Date: 11 Oct 89 16:29:31 GMT
References: <18650001@hpfinote.HP.COM>
Organization: Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI
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In article <18650001@hpfinote.HP.COM>, larryc@hpfinote.HP.COM (Larry Chesler) writes:
> 
> I'm in the market to add an '030 accelerator to my 2000. My primary reason
> is to accelerate things like ray tracing. I don't have much backround on the
> various '030 options available. Several questions come to mind;
[....]
> 
> 	2. The GVP A3001 comes with it's own SCSI controller, if you add
> 	   this accelerator card to your system, must it also have it's
> 	   own dedicated harddrive ? I currently have a GVP Qauntum 80 Meg
> 	   hardcard in my system. 
> 
  Wrong! The GVP comes with a IDE interface for a Hard disk that has
the controller on board.  Quantum and Conner's sell these types of
drives.  The only signals on the interface connector is the data bus,
R/W lines and a chip select.  Its not even close to SCSI.
  The card has boot ROM sockets so that you can autoboot this drive.
As far as I know, this drive acts like any other Amiga hard disk.
Nothing special.  It may DMA directly into 32 bit RAM since the 
interface is on the accelerator card but I'm not sure.  The specs are
at home. :-(  I talked to the GVP people at AmiExpo/Chicago and they
sent me later a 8 page technical discussion of the card.  I suggest you
call them and ask for it.


> 
> Larry Chesler

Jeff Easton		UUCP: !mailrus!sharkey!aucis!easton
Zenith Data Systems	OEM Engineering